[swift-evolution] Xcode Fix-It action for returning closures

Félix Cloutier felixcca at yahoo.ca
Sat Jul 15 19:52:46 CDT 2017


AFAIK, fix-it is driven by the Swift compiler/source kit.

> Le 13 juil. 2017 à 23:17, Saagar Jha via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> a écrit :
> 
> You should probably file a Radar for this, since Xcode isn’t part of the Swift project.
> 
> Saagar Jha
> 
>> On Jul 13, 2017, at 19:46, iCloud via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution at swift.org>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Swift community,
>> 
>> I was wondering if we have considered adding support for providing Xcode automatic fix-it’s for closures being returned from a function.
>> 
>> For example, here is an incorrect version of a function that requires two `@escaping` keywords to be inserted.
>> 
>> func mapping <A, B, C> (f: (A) -> (B)) -> ((C, B) -> (C)) -> ((C, A) -> (C))
>> 
>> Despite the complexity, the compiler manages to catch two errors.
>> 
>> 1. Closure use of non-escaping parameter `f` may allow it to escape
>>  a. Automatic Fix-it by doing `f: @escaping (A) - > (B)`
>> 
>> 2. Closure use of non-escaping parameter `reducer` may allow it to escape
>>  b. No Fix-it provided <———— 
>> 
>> As you see above, the two places where a compile-time error occurred had the same exact problem; they both needed a `@escaping`. However, while the function parameter was offered an automatic fix-it, the nested closure being returned was not.
>> 
>> Here’s the correct version of the function.
>> 
>> func mapping <A, B, C> (f: @escaping (A) -> (B)) -> (@escaping ((C, B) -> (C))) -> ((C, A) -> (C)) {
>>     return { reducer in
>>         return { accum, input in
>>             reducer(accum, f(input))
>>         }
>>     }
>> }
>> 
>> I know this is a small feature for a very specific use case but I think it could help make Xcode a little smarter :D 
>> Thanks for reading!
>> 
>> 
>> 
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