<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I’m wondering what the actual use of this is. Why not just write:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><font face="Courier New" class="">class Foo {</font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier New" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>init(x: Double) {</font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier New" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>self.x = x</font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier New" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>}</font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier New" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier New" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>var x: Double</font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier New" class="">}</font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
Regards,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Nicky</div>
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 11 dec. 2015, at 20:20, Nathan Yee via swift-evolution <<a href="mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org" class="">swift-evolution@swift.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Certain languages allow the programmer to avoid creating backing variables for getters and setters by using this syntax:<br class=""><br class="">class Foo {<br class=""> init(x: Double) {<br class=""> self.x = x<br class=""> }<br class=""> var x: Double {<br class=""> get<br class=""> set<br class=""> }<br class=""><div class=""> // alternatively var x: Double { get; set }<br class=""></div>}<br class=""><br class=""><div class="">and generating code equivalent to this:<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class="">class Foo {<br class=""> init(x: Double) {<br class=""> _x = x<br class=""> }<br class=""> var _x: Double<br class=""> var x: Double {<br class=""> get {<br class=""> return _x<br class=""> }<br class=""> set {<br class=""> _x = newValue<br class=""> }<br class=""> }<br class="">}<br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This notation decreases verbosity and reduces the chance of incorrectly implementing the pattern.<br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In the following case, the computed property 'x' can only be set in the initializer.<br class=""><br class="">class Foo {<br class=""> init(x: Double) {<br class=""> self.x = x<br class=""> }<br class=""> var x: Double { get }<br class="">}<br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Alternatively, the following syntax can be used to avoid using an initializer:<br class=""><br class="">class Foo {<br class=""> var x: Double { get } = 1.0<br class="">}</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Before looking into the nuances of this syntax (regarding struct/enum properties, access control, attributes, etc.) I would like to ask the community if this feature would be a good fit for Swift.<br clear="all" class=""></div><div class=""><br class="">-- <br class=""><div class="gmail_signature">Nathan<br class=""></div>
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