[swift-evolution] [Review] SE-0115: Rename Literal Syntax Protocols

[Riley Testut]

I kinda agree that these names still aren't the best. FWIW, I much preferred the originals, even if they could be misleading.

What if we changed the names to be verbs instead of adjectives? Something like "IntegerLiteralTransforming"?

> On Jul 2, 2016, at 10:35 AM, Dave Abrahams via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
> 
> 
>> on Sat Jul 02 2016, Anton Zhilin <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
>> 
>> -1 from me. I suggest to wait until we get generic protocols
>> in Swift 4, then we can use the following:
>> 
>> protocol From<T> {
>>    init(_ from: T)
>> }
>> 
>> And deprecate all the weird Convertibles.
> 
> Even if we could do that, “From” would never be an appropriate name for
> the ability to express a type as a particular kind of literal.
> 
> -- 
> -Dave
> 
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