[swift-evolution] [Discussion] Simplifying case syntax

[David Waite]

I don’t fully understand - are you saying to comment on the gist as if it were a discussion forum?

-DW

> On Mar 7, 2017, at 1:25 PM, Erica Sadun via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
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> I've put together everything I have about cases and unwrapping here:
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> https://lists.swift.org/pipermail/swift-evolution/Week-of-Mon-20170306/033588.html <https://lists.swift.org/pipermail/swift-evolution/Week-of-Mon-20170306/033588.html>
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> So please move the discussion there. Thanks! -- E
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>> On Mar 6, 2017, at 8:47 PM, T.J. Usiyan <griotspeak at gmail.com <mailto:griotspeak at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> I support the first part, removing `case let` in a switch. I actually prefer one let out front in many ways but I have a much stronger preference for eliminating a 'style' choice that dramatically impacts the interpretation of the code. Binding each value is more explicit, so I am fine with it winning.
> 
> I've broken it down to its own problem/solution
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>> 
>> The `if case` stuff… I don't really agree with as much. 
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> I grant it's one of the things that would have gone down much better way earlier in Swift's development timeline, but that kept getting pushed forward again and again.
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>> 
>> TJ
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>> On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 7:35 PM, Erica Sadun via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution at swift.org>> wrote:
>> Bug report filed with warning emitting request: 
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>> https://bugs.swift.org/browse/SR-4174 <https://bugs.swift.org/browse/SR-4174>
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>> -- E
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>>> On Mar 1, 2017, at 1:58 PM, Pyry Jahkola <pyry.jahkola at iki.fi <mailto:pyry.jahkola at iki.fi>> wrote:
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>>> I guess I should also include the example where the user actually wanted the oldValue to be "x":
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>>>     if case let .two(newValue, value) = example, value == oldValue { ... }
>>> 
>>> No surprises there, even if another conditional is required.
>>> 
>>> — Pyry
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