<div dir="ltr">+1 In the original discussion I was advocating generics as the way forward</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 10:19 AM, Howard Lovatt via swift-evolution <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org" target="_blank">swift-evolution@swift.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">I have proposed the elimination of associated types by replacing them with generic arguments and an implementation of generics that allows covariance, see:<div><br></div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="https://lists.swift.org/pipermail/swift-evolution/Week-of-Mon-20160111/006367.html" style="font-family:-webkit-standard" target="_blank">[swift-evolution] Make generics covariant and add generics to protocols </a><a name="-1841818882_6367" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard"> </a></div><div><font face="-webkit-standard"><br></font></div><div><font face="-webkit-standard">Food for though for another way forward?</font></div><div><font face="-webkit-standard"><br></font></div><div><font face="-webkit-standard">PS I agree using typealias for two different concepts is confusing.<br></font><div><br>
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<br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="h5"><div>On 3 Jan 2016, at 5:38 PM, Douglas Gregor via swift-evolution <<a href="mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org" target="_blank">swift-evolution@swift.org</a>> wrote:</div><br></div></div><div><div><div class="h5"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Hello Swift community,<div><br></div><div>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><br></div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0011-replace-typealias-associated.md" target="_blank">https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0011-replace-typealias-associated.md</a></div><div><br></div><div><div>Reviews are an important part of the Swift evolution process. All reviews should be sent to the swift-evolution mailing list at</div><div><br></div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution" target="_blank">https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution</a></div><div><br></div><div>or, if you would like to keep your feedback private, directly to the review manager.</div><div><br></div><div>What goes into a review?</div><div><br>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><br><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>* What is your evaluation of the proposal?<br></div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>* Is the problem being addressed significant enough to warrant a change to Swift?<br></div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>* Does this proposal fit well with the feel and direction of Swift?<br></div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </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></div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>* How much effort did you put into your review? A glance, a quick reading, or an in-depth study?<br></div><br></div><div>More information about the Swift evolution process is available at</div><div><br></div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/process.md" target="_blank">https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/process.md</a></div><div><br></div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Cheers,</div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Doug Gregor</div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Review Manager</div></div><div><br></div>
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