<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="">I think that having all of these individually accessible feels like global namespace pollution. Dot notated “properties” on “#sourceLocation” (or a similar word) should take care of everything we need, and be easier search for and learn about via autocomplete.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">e.g.</div><div class="">#sourceLocation.module</div><div class="">#sourceLocation.function</div><div class="">etc.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">That’s of course going with the idea that we would continue to type these things. I don’t actually feel like text is the appropriate representation, and would rather have icons in the code for something so reusable. </div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 22, 2016, at 3:32 PM, Erica Sadun 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=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">And some other feedback off list:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">- Why have individual keywords if they are subsumed into a common representation? </div><div class=""> I would not personally object to simplifying things without the extra keywords</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- Eliminate #column entirely? </div><div class=""> No one I know ("Pauline Kael") uses it, but presumably it was designed in there for a reason</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 22, 2016, at 1:24 PM, Erica Sadun 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=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">It could easily be replaced with #codeLine, #fileLine, etc.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">-- E</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 22, 2016, at 1:20 PM, Jack Lawrence <<a href="mailto:jackl@apple.com" class="">jackl@apple.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">`#line` already exists in the language, how will you deal with this?<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Jack<br class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 22, 2016, at 12:17 PM, Erica Sadun 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=us-ascii" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><a href="https://gist.github.com/erica/016f44258586aaf13b5c" class="">https://gist.github.com/erica/016f44258586aaf13b5c</a><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Feedback requested before I submit this as a formal pull request.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">-- Erica</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 2.25em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2; padding-bottom: 0.3em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Segoe UI', Arial, freesans, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0px !important;" class="">Eliminating Swift's Screaming Snake Case Identifiers</h1><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2em; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Segoe UI', Arial, freesans, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Proposal: TBD</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Author(s): <a href="http://github.com/erica" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(64, 120, 192); text-decoration: none;" class="">Erica Sadun</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Status: TBD</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Review manager: TBD</li></ul><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 16px; line-height: 1.225; font-size: 1.75em; padding-bottom: 0.3em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Segoe UI', Arial, freesans, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><a id="user-content-introduction" class="anchor" href="https://gist.github.com/erica/016f44258586aaf13b5c#introduction" aria-hidden="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(64, 120, 192); text-decoration: none; display: inline-block; padding-right: 2px; margin-left: -18px; line-height: 1;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="octicon octicon-link" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1; font-family: octicons; display: inline-block; text-rendering: auto; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-user-select: none; vertical-align: middle; visibility: hidden;"></span></a>Introduction</h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Segoe UI', Arial, freesans, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">This proposal aims to eliminate Swift's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_case" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(64, 120, 192); text-decoration: none;" class="">screaming snake case</a> like <code style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; padding: 0.2em 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0392157); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;" class="">__FILE__</code> and <code style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; padding: 0.2em 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0392157); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;" class="">__FUNCTION__</code> and replacing instances with <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/octothorpe" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(64, 120, 192); text-decoration: none;" class="">octothorpe-prefixed</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CamelCase" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(64, 120, 192); text-decoration: none;" class="">lower camel case</a>, e.g. <code style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; padding: 0.2em 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0392157); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;" class="">#file</code> and <code style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; padding: 0.2em 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0392157); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;" class="">#function</code>. It extends the set of built-in identifiers and adds a generalized <code style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; padding: 0.2em 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0392157); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;" class="">#sourceLocation</code> representation.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Segoe UI', Arial, freesans, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">The Swift-Evolution discussion of this topic took place in the "[Review] SE-0022: Referencing the Objective-C selector of a method" thread</em></p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 16px; line-height: 1.225; font-size: 1.75em; padding-bottom: 0.3em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Segoe UI', Arial, freesans, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><a id="user-content-motivation" class="anchor" href="https://gist.github.com/erica/016f44258586aaf13b5c#motivation" aria-hidden="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(64, 120, 192); text-decoration: none; display: inline-block; padding-right: 2px; margin-left: -18px; line-height: 1;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="octicon octicon-link" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1; font-family: octicons; display: inline-block; text-rendering: auto; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-user-select: none; vertical-align: middle; visibility: hidden;"></span></a>Motivation</h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Segoe UI', Arial, freesans, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Swift's pre-processor offers built-in <code style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; padding: 0.2em 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0392157); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;" class="">__FILE__</code>, <code style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; padding: 0.2em 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0392157); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;" class="">__LINE__</code>, <code style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; padding: 0.2em 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0392157); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;" class="">__COLUMN__</code>, and <code style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; padding: 0.2em 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0392157); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;" class="">__FUNCTION__</code> identifiers. These expand to string and integer literals corresponding to a current location in source code. This feature provides high utility for logging, both tracing execution through logged messages and enabling developers to <a href="http://ericasadun.com/2015/08/27/capturing-context-swiftlang/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(64, 120, 192); text-decoration: none;" class="">capture error context</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Segoe UI', Arial, freesans, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">The current identifiers owe their syntax to C's <code style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; padding: 0.2em 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0392157); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;" class="">__FILE__</code> and <code style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; padding: 0.2em 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0392157); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;" class="">__LINE__</code> macros. These are built into C's preprocessor and expanded before running the C-language parser. Swift's implementation differs from C's but offers similar functionality and, unfortunately, similar symbols. This proposal aims to break free of the historic chains of their unsightly screaming camel case, which look like boa constrictors trying to digest fully swallowed keywords.</p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 16px; line-height: 1.225; font-size: 1.75em; padding-bottom: 0.3em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Segoe UI', Arial, freesans, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><a id="user-content-proposed-solution" class="anchor" href="https://gist.github.com/erica/016f44258586aaf13b5c#proposed-solution" aria-hidden="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(64, 120, 192); text-decoration: none; display: inline-block; padding-right: 2px; margin-left: -18px; line-height: 1;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="octicon octicon-link" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1; font-family: octicons; display: inline-block; text-rendering: auto; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-user-select: none; vertical-align: middle; visibility: hidden;"></span></a>Proposed solution</h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Segoe UI', Arial, freesans, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Using octothorpe-prefixed keywords offers several advantages:</p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2em; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Segoe UI', Arial, freesans, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">They match the existing <code style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; padding: 0.2em 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0392157); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;" class="">#available</code> keyword (D. Gregor)</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">They match SE-0022's possible <code style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; padding: 0.2em 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0392157); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;" class="">#selector(...)</code> approach for referencing a method's Objective-C selector (D. Gregor)</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">They would support targeted code completion (D. Gregor)</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">They add a compiler-supported expression type that doesn't steal keywords, introducing a convention where <code style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; padding: 0.2em 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0392157); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;" class="">#</code> means "invoke compiler substitution logic here" (J. Rose)</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">They'd provide short-term solutions for a yet-as-undesigned macro system (D. Gregor)</li></ul><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 16px; line-height: 1.225; font-size: 1.75em; padding-bottom: 0.3em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Segoe UI', Arial, freesans, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><a id="user-content-detailed-design" class="anchor" href="https://gist.github.com/erica/016f44258586aaf13b5c#detailed-design" aria-hidden="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(64, 120, 192); text-decoration: none; display: inline-block; padding-right: 2px; margin-left: -18px; line-height: 1;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="octicon octicon-link" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1; font-family: octicons; display: inline-block; text-rendering: auto; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-user-select: none; vertical-align: middle; visibility: hidden;"></span></a>Detailed design</h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Segoe UI', Arial, freesans, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">This proposal:</p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2em; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Segoe UI', Arial, freesans, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">renames <ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2em; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><code style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; padding: 0.2em 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0392157); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;" class="">__FILE__</code> to <code style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; padding: 0.2em 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0392157); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;" class="">#file</code>,</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><code style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; padding: 0.2em 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0392157); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;" class="">__LINE__</code> to <code style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; padding: 0.2em 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0392157); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;" class="">#line</code>,</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><code style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; padding: 0.2em 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0392157); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;" class="">__FUNCTION__</code> to <code style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; padding: 0.2em 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0392157); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;" class="">#function</code>, and </li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><code style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; padding: 0.2em 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0392157); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;" class="">__COLUMN__</code> to <code style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; padding: 0.2em 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0392157); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;" class="">#column</code></li></ul></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">adds <code style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; padding: 0.2em 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0392157); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;" class="">#module</code> and <code style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; padding: 0.2em 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0392157); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;" class="">#type</code> to represent the source module, and the source type (<code style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; padding: 0.2em 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0392157); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;" class="">self.dynamicType</code>, should it exist) to extend the calling context semantics.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">adds <code style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; padding: 0.2em 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0392157); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;" class="">#sourceLocation</code>, a compound type with well-defined fields that create a single context representation.</li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Segoe UI', Arial, freesans, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><a href="https://bugs.swift.org/browse/SR-198" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(64, 120, 192); text-decoration: none;" class="">SR-198</a> requested the coalescing of the existing file, line, and function identifiers, potentially supporting a module representation as well. <a href="https://bugs.swift.org/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=bnut" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(64, 120, 192); text-decoration: none;" class="">Andrew Bennett</a> offered an initial design: </p><div class="highlight highlight-source-swift" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Segoe UI', Arial, freesans, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><pre style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow: auto; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.45; padding: 16px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; word-wrap: normal; word-break: normal;" class=""><span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">public</span> <span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">struct</span> SourceLocation: <span class="pl-c1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 134, 179);">CustomDebugStringConvertible</span> {
<span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">init</span>(file: <span class="pl-c1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 134, 179);">String</span> <span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">=</span> <span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">__FILE__</span>, line: <span class="pl-c1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 134, 179);">Int</span> <span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">=</span> <span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">__LINE__</span>, column: <span class="pl-c1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 134, 179);">Int</span> <span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">=</span> <span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">__COLUMN__</span>, function: <span class="pl-c1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 134, 179);">String</span> <span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">=</span> <span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">__FUNCTION__</span>) {
<span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">self</span><span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">.</span>file <span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">=</span> file
<span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">self</span><span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">.</span>line <span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">=</span> line
<span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">self</span><span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">.</span>column <span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">=</span> column
<span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">self</span><span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">.</span>function <span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">=</span> function
}
<span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">public</span> <span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">let</span> file: <span class="pl-c1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 134, 179);">String</span>
<span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">public</span> <span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">let</span> line: <span class="pl-c1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 134, 179);">Int</span>
<span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">public</span> <span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">let</span> column: <span class="pl-c1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 134, 179);">Int</span>
<span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">public</span> <span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">let</span> function: <span class="pl-c1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 134, 179);">String</span>
<span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">public</span> <span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">var</span> debugDescription: <span class="pl-c1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 134, 179);">String</span> {
<span class="pl-k" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(167, 29, 93);">return</span> <span class="pl-s" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(24, 54, 145);"><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span><span class="pl-pse" style="box-sizing: border-box;">\(</span><span class="pl-s1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">function</span><span class="pl-pse" style="box-sizing: border-box;">)</span> @ <span class="pl-pse" style="box-sizing: border-box;">\(</span><span class="pl-s1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">file</span><span class="pl-pse" style="box-sizing: border-box;">)</span>:<span class="pl-pse" style="box-sizing: border-box;">\(</span><span class="pl-s1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">line</span><span class="pl-pse" style="box-sizing: border-box;">)</span>:<span class="pl-pse" style="box-sizing: border-box;">\(</span><span class="pl-s1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">column</span><span class="pl-pse" style="box-sizing: border-box;">)</span><span class="pl-pds" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"</span></span>
}
}</pre></div><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 16px; line-height: 1.225; font-size: 1.75em; padding-bottom: 0.3em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Segoe UI', Arial, freesans, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><a id="user-content-alternatives-considered" class="anchor" href="https://gist.github.com/erica/016f44258586aaf13b5c#alternatives-considered" aria-hidden="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(64, 120, 192); text-decoration: none; display: inline-block; padding-right: 2px; margin-left: -18px; line-height: 1;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="octicon octicon-link" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1; font-family: octicons; display: inline-block; text-rendering: auto; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-user-select: none; vertical-align: middle; visibility: hidden;"></span></a>Alternatives Considered</h2><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Segoe UI', Arial, freesans, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0px !important;" class="">Given the narrow nature of this proposal, alternative approaches have not been seriously considered.</div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">swift-evolution mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org" class="">swift-evolution@swift.org</a><br class=""><a href="https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution" class="">https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution</a><br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">swift-evolution mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org" class="">swift-evolution@swift.org</a><br class=""><a href="https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution" class="">https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution</a><br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">swift-evolution mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org" class="">swift-evolution@swift.org</a><br class="">https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution<br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>