This idea (replacing default) has already been proposed previously and rejected. See: <a href="https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/commonly_proposed.md">https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/commonly_proposed.md</a><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 1:17 PM Daniel Duan via swift-evolution <<a href="mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org">swift-evolution@swift.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Ross O'Brien via swift-evolution <swift-evolution@...> writes:<br>
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> Alternatives: replace 'default' with 'else'.<br>
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Unlike dropping the 'default' keyword (not commenting on that here), this<br>
alternative idea adds very little value to warrant a change to the language.<br>
'default' is clear and well-understood as is.<br>
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