[swift-evolution] Keyword for protocol conformance

[Charles Srstka]

> On Aug 26, 2016, at 2:29 PM, Xiaodi Wu <xiaodi.wu at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I misread your example. You have to run the app *without compiling*; your two versions of the library have a compatible ABI. The Swift compiler won't compile your app code, so how's that an example of "working around" anything in the language?

It is an example of an override occurring without the “override” keyword, and a demonstration that the “override” keyword’s purpose is to indicate programmer intent rather than do anything to the actual generated machine code (otherwise, the override here wouldn’t have happened). Despite this, no one argues against the existence of the “override” keyword.

Charles

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