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

[David Sweeris]

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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.

That surprises me. Isn't there a sort function or something, or did we change it so they all need a predicate now?

> 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.

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.

- Dave Sweeris