[swift-evolution] [Review] SE-0173: Add `MutableCollection.swap(_:with:)

Xiaodi Wu xiaodi.wu at gmail.com
Tue Apr 25 13:46:36 CDT 2017


Excellently written proposal, sensible motivation.

Only nit is that `with` is not required and is better off removed, IMO.
Here's why:

* "swap a and b" and "swap a with b" are equivalent statements
* there's no reason to use one phrasing for the free function and another
with this method; the difference is in taking indices vs. inout values, but
the relationship between a and b is preserved
* the former spelling emphasizes the symmetry of the operation, which I
believe is in line with API naming guidelines on labels
* the former spelling is also terser

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 13:32 Ted Kremenek via swift-evolution <
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