[swift-evolution] [Review] SE-0138 UnsafeBytes

[Karl]

> 
>  * What is your evaluation of the proposal?

+1

>  * Is the problem being addressed significant enough to warrant a
>    change to Swift?

Yup

>  * Does this proposal fit well with the feel and direction of Swift?

Yes, but I’m not sure about the “Unsafe” part of “UnsafeBytes” — what is unsafe about getting the byte-representation of a value?

As I understand it, “Raw” is what we use for “untyped”, so might I suggest “RawBytes"?

>  * If you have used other languages or libraries with a similar
>    feature, how do you feel that this proposal compares to those?

Don’t know; maybe, I can’t remember. Better than what we would otherwise have for Swift 3, in any case.

>  * How much effort did you put into your review? A glance, a quick
>    reading, or an in-depth study?

Read the proposal, glossed over the previous discussion. I’ve had similar trouble deciphering the new API, so I sympathise with the demonstrations.

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