[swift-evolution] [Re-Review] SE-0104: Protocol-oriented integers

[Max Moiseev]

> On Feb 23, 2017, at 12:43 PM, David Sweeris <davesweeris at mac.com> wrote:
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>> On Feb 23, 2017, at 10:40, Max Moiseev <moiseev at apple.com> wrote:
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>> Conformance to Comparable is not required by anything in the standard library.
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> That surprises me. Isn't there a sort function or something, or did we change it so they all need a predicate now?
I meant it’s not required from Number.Magnitude. Not in general.

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>> I would argue that adding constraints without solid proof of them being useful and necessary is not the right thing to do.
>> Also, sorting things by magnitude will require using a predicate-based sorted() anyway, and that does not require Comparable.
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> Yeah, if it's not needed... Well, it's easier to add it later if it turns out to be useful than to remove it if it gets in the way.
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> - Dave Sweeris