<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=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Dec 16, 2015, at 1:55 PM, Douglas Gregor via swift-evolution &lt;<a href="mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org" class="">swift-evolution@swift.org</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><div 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 “Require self for accessing instance members” begins now and runs through Sunday, December 20th. 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/0009-require-self-for-accessing-instance-members.md" class="">https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0009-require-self-for-accessing-instance-members.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></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>This proposal does not improve Swift.</div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><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></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>No.</div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><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></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>No. From the first time I saw Swift, I felt it represented the best aspects of my favorite modern languages, such as C# and Ruby. This changes would represent a step backwards.</div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><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></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>Object-C: too verbose for my taste. Swift was a welcome change for developing OSX/iOS application.</div><div>Python: too strict for my taste. Ruby became my go-to alternative for scripting. I saw Swift borrowing or improving on many of Ruby's concepts.</div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><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></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>I have carefully read every message posted to the mailing list. I did a little research to confirm my experiences with languages I have used over the last 37 years, but not a lot.</div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><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>
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