<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">@noescape<div class="">@autoclosure</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Is there a particular reason why there is a @ prepending these attributes/keywords?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; color: #bb2ca2" class="">func</span> test(<span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; color: #bb2ca2" class="">@autoclosure</span> test: () -> <span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; color: #703daa" class="">Bool</span>) -> <span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; color: #703daa" class="">Void</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; min-height: 14px;" class="">vs.</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; color: #bb2ca2" class="">func</span> test(<font color="#b92ba0" class="">autoclosure</font> test: () -> <span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; color: #703daa" class="">Bool</span>) -> <span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; color: #703daa" class="">Void</span> </div></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class="">It seems cleaner/clearer without @ sprinkled everywhere, but what is the rationale behind needing the @ symbol?</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class="">Brandon</div></body></html>