[swift-evolution] [Out of scope][Discussion] Modernize MapKit functions for Swift API Design Guidelines

[Scott Gardner]

Realized that after sending. I'll file a radar. Thanks!

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> On Jan 1, 2017, at 4:03 PM, Dan Stenmark <daniel.j.stenmark at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Swift-evolution is for talking about the core language and its standard libraries (String, Array, Optional, etc), not high level frameworks like MapKit.  For that, you'll want to file a Radar at http://bugreport.apple.com/.
> 
> Dan
> 
>> On Jan 1, 2017, at 11:02 AM, Scott Gardner via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello Swift Community, and…
>> 
>> if Calendar.current.identifier == .gregorian {
>>     print("Happy new year! 🎉")
>> }
>> 
>> I would like to propose that the MapKit framework functions be updated to conform to the Swift API Design Guidelines.
>> 
>> For example, this is how you would currently determine if the user is currently within the visible map view:
>> 
>> let userPoint = MKMapPointForCoordinate(mapView.userLocation.coordinate)
>> let mapRect = mapView.visibleMapRect
>> let inside = MKMapRectContainsPoint(mapRect, userPoint)
>> 
>> This should be more easily accomplished, such as by doing this:
>> 
>> let userPoint = mapView.userLocation.coordinate.mapPoint
>> let inside = mapView.visibleMapRect.contains(userPoint)
>> 
>> There are 39 functions that should be updated:
>> 
>> https://developer.apple.com/reference/mapkit/1612565-mapkit_functions?language=swift
>> 
>> I realize that this proposal is out of scope for Swift 4. So I will develop it for consideration in a future release, and keep it updated on my fork until it’s ready to submit. All feedback welcomed and appreciated.
>> 
>> https://github.com/scotteg/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/mapkit-functions-for-swift-api-design-guideines.md
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Scott
>> 
>> --
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