[swift-evolution] (core library) modern URL types

[Charles Srstka]

> On Aug 21, 2017, at 11:29 AM, Robert Bennett via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
> 
> If value-based generics become a thing, then you’ll be able to specify a URL type with URL<.file> which would pretty much solve this problem.


And then you could make APIs that are specific to certain schemes, and maybe even have file references working again.

extension URL where Scheme == .file {
	var path: String { … } // non-optional
}

extension URL where Scheme == .fileReference {
	var path: String? { … } // optional
}

Charles