<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=""><div class="">I like this.</div><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 3, 2016, at 1:38 AM, Douglas Gregor 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=""><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><div class="">The review of "Replace `typealias` keyword with `associatedtype` for associated type declarations” begins now and runs through Wednesday, January 6th. The proposal is available here:</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/0011-replace-typealias-associated.md" class="">https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0011-replace-typealias-associated.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 constructive criticism and, eventually, determine the direction of Swift. When writing your review, here are some questions you might want to answer in your review:<br class=""><br class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>* What is your evaluation of the proposal?<br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>It’s a good idea and improves the language.</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>* Is the problem being addressed significant enough to warrant a change to Swift?<br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>Yes, the existing situation is comprehensible (if you think like a language-implementer) but highly non-intuitive and generally sub-optimal for language users.</div><div><br class=""></div><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>* 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>Yes; conservation-of-reserved-terms is valuable, but giving different things different names fits the feel much better here.</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>* If you have you used other languages or libraries with a similar feature, how do you feel that this proposal compares to those?<br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>To the extent I’m aware of analogous situations in other languages, none of them actually seem to use distinct keywords, but they also don’t have the confusing situation Swift has vis-a-vis typealiases with concrete definitions (in protocols).</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>* How much effort did you put into your review? A glance, a quick reading, or an in-depth study?<br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>Quick read, plus having been bit by issues the proposal addresses numerous times.</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><div class=""><br class=""></div>
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