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

[Riley Testut]

(My bad, accidentally hit send too early). 

That, or we could keep either the Convert or Express forms with "IntegerLiteralConverting" or "IntegerLiteralExpressing". And if we decide "express" really is the best word to describe what happens, I personally prefer "IntegerLiteralExpressing" to "ExpressibleAsIntegerLiteral", which doesn't feel at home with the other Swift protocol names.

Riley

> On Jul 2, 2016, at 10:49 AM, Riley Testut <rileytestut at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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