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

David Sweeris davesweeris at mac.com
Mon Jul 11 19:22:59 CDT 2016


> On Jul 11, 2016, at 19:13, Jacob Bandes-Storch via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:

> 
> I'd be happy with a warning + fix-it too.
> 
>> On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 5:05 PM, Xiaodi Wu <xiaodi.wu at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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.

I don't see how this is a problem.

- Dave Sweeris
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