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

Xiaodi Wu xiaodi.wu at gmail.com
Mon Jul 11 19:05:16 CDT 2016


Maybe just a warning + fix-it would be sufficient?
On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 19:02 Jacob Bandes-Storch via swift-evolution <
swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:

> Tangential: Is there any way to make it impossible to call these
> literal-initializers explicitly, instead requiring "<literal> as T" or just
> "<literal>" in a typed context?
>
> I have seen several explicit calls of these initializers where literals
> would have been more appropriate, such as "Set(arrayLiteral: foo, bar)",
> and I think this only happens because folks find these initializers via
> code completion. I can't think of any reason why you'd want to invoke one
> by name rather than by using a literal.
>
> Jacob
>
> On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 4:16 PM, Chris Lattner via swift-evolution <
> swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
>
>> Proposal Link:
>> https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0115-literal-syntax-protocols.md
>>
>> The review of "SE-0115: Rename Literal Syntax Protocols " ran from Active
>> review July 1...7. The proposal has been *accepted*:
>>
>> The community and core team agree that this proposal is a better set of
>> names for these protocols.  The core team agrees with the community
>> sentiment that “By” is better than “As” in the protocol names, and has
>> accepted the proposal with this revision.
>>
>> Thank you to Matthew Johnson and many others for driving this discussion
>> forward!
>>
>> -Chris Lattner
>> Review Manager
>>
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