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

[Matthew Johnson]

> On Jul 5, 2016, at 5:12 PM, Dave Abrahams <dabrahams at apple.com> wrote:
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> on Tue Jul 05 2016, Matthew Johnson <matthew-AT-anandabits.com> wrote:
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>>> On Jul 5, 2016, at 4:17 PM, Dave Abrahams via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
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>>> on Tue Jul 05 2016, Jordan Rose <jordan_rose-AT-apple.com <http://at-apple.com/>> wrote:
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>>>> [Proposal:
>>>> https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0115-literal-syntax-protocols.md
>>>> <https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0115-literal-syntax-protocols.md>
>>>> <https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0115-literal-syntax-protocols.md
>>>> <https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0115-literal-syntax-protocols.md>>
>>>> ]
>>>> 
>>>>> On Jul 3, 2016, at 9:52, David Sweeris via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
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>>>>>> On Jul 2, 2016, at 23:16, Erica Sadun via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Change it to "Syntax.ExpressibleByIntegerLiteral" and I'd be onboard but
>>>>>> I don't think it would pass the DaveTest despite it being only 2 characters longer.[1]
>>>>> 
>>>>> Yeah, I agree with "By" instead of "As". It makes it a bit clearer
>>>>> that these protocols kinda work backwards, so to speak. That is, if
>>>>> I understand things correctly, rather than adding
>>>>> functionality/semantics to the conforming type, conforming to a
>>>>> literal protocol adds functionality/semantics to the corresponding
>>>>> literal "type" (which we can't directly interact with because they
>>>>> don't actually exist within Swift's type system).
>>>> 
>>>> I like "By" much better than "As". For me, "expressible as integer
>>>> literal" has the meaning we don't want, with no hint of ambiguity:
>>>> "you can go from a concrete type to a literal" (rather than the
>>>> correct "you can go from a literal to a concrete type").
>>> 
>>> I'm not opposed to “By” if many more people think it's clearer.
>> 
>> I am not either.  I want you and the core team to choose what you feel
>> is the best name after considering all of the input and trust you to
>> make the right decision.
> 
> Well, nobody who like “As” has objected to “By,” so let's go with that one.

Sounds good to me.  :-)

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> -- 
> Dave