[swift-evolution] [Review] SE-0172: One-sided Ranges

Brent Royal-Gordon brent at architechies.com
Thu Apr 20 22:19:36 CDT 2017


I would add that I expect variadic generics to be used less often than one-sided ranges, and also to be a more complex and advanced feature. Both of these suggest that one-sided ranges deserve the simpler, friendlier syntax. 

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Brent Royal-Gordon
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> On Apr 20, 2017, at 4:38 PM, Douglas Gregor via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
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>> On Apr 20, 2017, at 6:36 AM, Matt Whiteside <mwhiteside.dev at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I do like this proposed one-sided range syntax, but a while back it was pointed out that it might conflict with a candidate syntax for variadic generics.  Has anything changed there?
> 
> It does conflict with the straw man syntax described in the generics manifesto:
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> 	https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/master/docs/GenericsManifesto.md#variadic-generics
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> but variadic generics are a long way off and the syntax is totally up in the air.
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> 	- Doug
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>> -Matt
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>>> On Apr 17, 2017, at 21:40, Douglas Gregor via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
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>>> Hello Swift community,
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>>> The review of SE-0172 "One-sided Ranges" begins now and runs through April 23, 2017. The proposal is available here:
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>>> https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0172-one-sided-ranges.md
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