[swift-evolution] [Pitch] Introducing the "Unwrap or Die" operator to the standard library

[Alan Westbrook]

> On Jun 28, 2017, at 5:43 PM, Alan Westbrook via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
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>> On Jun 28, 2017, at 5:27 PM, Xiaodi Wu via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution at swift.org>> wrote:
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>> In the initial example, repeated here in largely identical form, the desired comment is "array must be non-empty." In what way does that provide more information than a bare `!`?
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> I’m going to second this sentiment with the feeling that the message is seemingly redundant. It feels akin to the comment in this line of code:
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>     let value = 1 // This value is set to 1
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> On an error, one gets the trap with the optional unwrapped message, and goes to the code where they see what is being forced by assumption.
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> Does the message spelling out the code in natural language help?


Perhaps I am misunderstanding, we should probably not focus on the content of the message, but rather that it exists at all.

Assuming that the fatal-error-with-message is useful, is it important to have a shorthand for this pattern built into the language?

If we think so, I believe the original proposal is the best solution so far, given the arguments against using ?? fatal…

Alan


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