[swift-evolution] [Review] SE-0156: Class and Subtype existentials

[David Hart]

> On 28 Feb 2017, at 22:45, Matthew Johnson via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> What is your evaluation of the proposal?
> +1, this is a fantastic proposal!  I
> 
> The proposal does not specifically call out whether a class may inherit from a subclass of a superclass constraint when a typealias is used in the inheritance list.  I believe the following should be valid, but it would be a good idea to make that explicit:
> 
> class B {}
> class D: B {}
> protocol P {}
> typealias BP = B & P
> 
> class Foo: D, BP

It’s true that the proposal is not very clear about that specific scenario, but I see it as valid. I touched about it in the “inheritance clauses and typealias” section but only mentioned inheritance from the class in the constraint. But rule 2 of the proposal kind of implies it: the first element in the protocol composition syntax can be a class type to enforce the existential to be a subtype of the class.

It would be worth being more precise about it, but not sure how a proposal can be *fixed* during review.

>> Is the problem being addressed significant enough to warrant a change to Swift?
> Yes, we are not able to correctly import class constrained protocols from Objective-C.
> 
>> Does this proposal fit well with the feel and direction of Swift?
> Very much.
> 
>> If you have used other languages or libraries with a similar feature, how do you feel that this proposal compares to those?
> N/A
> 
>> How much effort did you put into your review? A glance, a quick reading, or an in-depth study?
> In-depth study of the original drafts.  Quick read of the final review proposal.
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