[swift-evolution] [Pitch] Changing the behavior of Subsequences of String Views

[Loïc Lecrenier]

Hi Dmitri,

Thanks for the quick answer,  I filed a bug here: https://bugs.swift.org/browse/SR-1927

(Unfortunately, I don’t think I could write a patch myself)

Loïc

> On Jun 28, 2016, at 7:25 PM, Dmitri Gribenko <gribozavr at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 9:46 AM, Loïc Lecrenier
> <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
>> I think String’s Views should
>> 1. Follow Collection’s documentation by using the same indices for their subsequences
>> 2. Provide safe, consistent behavior when using a subscript operation with a past-the-end index
> 
> Hi Loïc,
> 
> These are bugs.  Fixes for these bugs don't need to be approved by
> swift-evolution.  We would appreciate patches for these issues.
> 
> I believe though that the fixes might be non-trivial.  I'd be happy to
> discuss ideas how to fix this and will help review the patches.
> 
> Dmitri
> 
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