[swift-evolution] [Review] SE-0111: Remove type system significance of function argument labels

Sean Heber sean at fifthace.com
Thu Jun 30 13:37:13 CDT 2016


This mostly makes sense to me and it seems like mostly a good idea, but take this example:

func doSomething(x: Int, y: Int) -> Bool { return true }
let x = doSomething
x(10, 10)

Is it then legal to do this?:

x(blahblah:10, totallyOffTheWallLabelThatDoesNotAppearANYWHERE: 10)

That would seem odd to me. Maybe it could be useful, but it might also be *super* confusing. I’m not sure I have a suggestion as to what to do in a situation like this - but it doesn’t seem “right” to allow it.

l8r
Sean


> On Jun 30, 2016, at 1:26 PM, Chris Lattner via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
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> Hello Swift community,
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> The review of "SE-0111: Remove type system significance of function argument labels" begins now and runs through July 4. The proposal is available here:
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