<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="">Hello Swift community,<div class=""><br class=""><div class="">The review of “Add a Lazy flatMap for Sequences of Optionals” begins now and runs through Thursday, December 17th. The proposal is available here:</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">        </span><a href="https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0008-lazy-flatmap-for-optionals.md" class="">https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0008-lazy-flatmap-for-optionals.md</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">Reviews are an important part of the Swift evolution process. All reviews should be sent to the swift-evolution mailing list at</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">        </span><a href="https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution" class="">https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">or, if you would like to keep your feedback private, directly to the review manager.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">What goes into a review?</div><div class=""><br class="">The goal of the review process is to improve the proposal under review through&nbsp;constructive criticism and, eventually, determine the direction of Swift. When&nbsp;writing your review, here are some questions you might want to answer in your&nbsp;review:<br class=""><br class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">        </span>*&nbsp;What is your evaluation of the proposal?<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">        </span>*&nbsp;Is the problem being addressed significant enough to warrant a change to&nbsp;Swift?<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">        </span>*&nbsp;Does this proposal fit well with the feel and direction of Swift?<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">        </span>*&nbsp;If you have you used other languages or libraries with a similar feature, how do&nbsp;you feel that this proposal compares to those?<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">        </span>*&nbsp;How much effort did you put into your review? A glance, a quick reading, or&nbsp;an in-depth study?<br class=""></div><br class=""></div><div class="">More information about the Swift evolution process is available at</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">        </span><a href="https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/process.md" class="">https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/process.md</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">        </span>Cheers,</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">        </span>Doug Gregor</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">        </span>Review Manager</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">        </span></div></body></html>