[swift-evolution] Renaming SwiftObject

[Xiaodi Wu]

If it’s the base class for all Swift class types, I think “SwiftObject” is
ideal and the proposed renaming is sensible. What does it matter that it’s
an Obj-C object? Why does that have to be in the name? Let’s not bikeshed
this and keep it simple.

On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 22:21 Félix Cloutier via swift-evolution <
swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:

> I'll bite. Shouldn't that name encode that it's an Objective-C object?
> Like Swift.ObjCBase?
>
>
> Le 4 janv. 2018 à 22:10, Greg Parker via swift-evolution <
> swift-evolution at swift.org> a écrit :
>
> SwiftObject is an Objective-C class that is the base class of all "pure
> Swift" class types. It needs to be renamed for the Swift stable ABI in
> order to avoid ObjC class name collisions between the stable ABI's Swift
> runtime and the runtime embedded into existing Swift apps.
>
> I suggest `Swift._Object`, mangled as _TtCs7_Object like other Swift ObjC
> class names.
>
> Any comments?
>
> https://github.com/apple/swift/pull/13748
>
>
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> Greg Parker     gparker at apple.com     Runtime Wrangler
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