<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>I also agree with this. I see no value in different syntax for statements and expressions, just unnecessary complexity.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Modifying the current syntax is an orthogonal issue. If anyone feels the current switch syntax is to verbose I would recommend writing a new proposal to change it. If such a proposal were adopted the new syntax should be used for both statements and expressions.<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Dec 6, 2015, at 4:14 PM, Alex Lew via swift-evolution <<a href="mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org">swift-evolution@swift.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">👍</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 5:12 PM, <a href="mailto:thorsten@portableinnovations.de">thorsten@portableinnovations.de</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thorsten@portableinnovations.de" target="_blank">thorsten@portableinnovations.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div></div><div>Absolutely. Just the same rule: parts that were statements must be expressions. The else clause becomes mandatory.</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>-Thorsten </div></font></span><div><div class="h5"><div><br>Am 06.12.2015 um 22:52 schrieb Alex Lew <<a href="mailto:alexl.mail+swift@gmail.com" target="_blank">alexl.mail+swift@gmail.com</a>>:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">I agree that it's simplest to just reuse switch keyword, and keep braces. +1. <div><br></div><div>Would you allow the same thing with if?<div><br></div><div>let thisColor = if condition { .Red } else { .Blue }</div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 4:44 PM, Rudolf Adamkovic <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:salutis@me.com" target="_blank">salutis@me.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span>> On 06 Dec 2015, at 22:35, thorsten--- via swift-evolution <<a href="mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org" target="_blank">swift-evolution@swift.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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> I would prefer the expression to match the statement. The only difference would be that all parts that were statements now have to be expressions.<br>
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</span>+1<br>
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> Therefore the switch-expression should simply look like follows:<br>
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> let thisColor = switch thatColor {<br>
> case .Red: .Green // must be an expression<br>
> default: .Yellow // must be an expression<br>
> }<br>
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> No returns needed in the case clauses.<br>
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</span>This actually looks great. One simple rule and zero new keywords.<br>
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Readable and simple to learn.<br>
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Fantastic!<br>
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> Formatting this as a one-liner would just require adding semicolons (though I wouldn't recommend this).<br>
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> -Thorsten<br>
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