[swift-evolution] Proposal: Allow explicit type parameter specification in generic function call

[Ramiro Feria Purón]

*Unlike C++'s templates, a Swift's generic function is semantically a
single function.*

Anton, could you provide further insight on this?


On Fri, 2 Dec 2016 at 01:03 Anton Zhilin via swift-evolution <
swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:

> I disagree with the suggestion. Unlike C++'s templates, a Swift's generic
> function is semantically a single function. One can say that together with
> a metatype parameter, we pass in witness table.
>
> What I think we should do is make metatypes easier to use. *Adrian and I
> have a PR* that has already been waiting for almost a month:
> https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/pull/553
> Plus, removal of .self could simplify such calls.
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