<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=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">What is your evaluation of the proposal?</blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div>-1. While I believe abstract methods can be a great addition for dealing with contract-like constructs in object-oriented languages, they seem out-of-place in Swift, which is a protocol-oriented language. Adding abstract methods to Swift would encourage lazy developers to use them instead of protocols and value types.&nbsp;<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Is the problem being addressed significant enough to warrant a change to Swift?</blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div>Yes.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="">Does this proposal fit well with the feel and direction of Swift?</div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div>No. I believe it doesn't fit well in the direction Swift is taking.<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">If you have used other languages or libraries with a similar feature, how do you feel that this proposal compares to&nbsp;those?</blockquote><br class=""></div><div class="">Yes, PHP. While I must say that abstract classes and methods were a common and powerful tool in PHP, they do not fit well in Swift, which offers a much more powerful alternative – protocols.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">How much effort did you put into your review? A glance, a quick reading, or an in-depth study?</blockquote><br class=""></div><div class="">A quick reading of the proposal document.</div><br class=""><div class="">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><font color="#929292" class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">Pozdrawiam – Regards,</font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><font color="#929292" class="">Adrian Kashivskyy</font></div>
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Wiadomość napisana przez Joe Groff via swift-evolution &lt;<a href="mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org" class="">swift-evolution@swift.org</a>&gt; w dniu 26.02.2016, o godz. 19:11:</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,<br class=""><br class="">The review of “Abstract classes and methods” begins now and runs through March 4, 2016. The proposal is available here:<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><a href="https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0026-abstract-classes-and-methods.md" class="">https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0026-abstract-classes-and-methods.md</a></blockquote><br class="">Reviews are an important part of the Swift evolution process. All reviews should be sent to the swift-evolution mailing list at<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><a href="https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution" class="">https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution</a></blockquote><br class="">or, if you would like to keep your feedback private, directly to the review manager. When replying, please try to keep the proposal link at the&nbsp;top of the message:<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class="">Proposal link:</blockquote><br class=""><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><a href="https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0026-abstract-classes-and-methods.md" class="">https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0026-abstract-classes-and-methods.md</a></blockquote></blockquote><br class=""><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class="">Reply text</blockquote><br class=""><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class="">Other replies</blockquote><br class=""><b class="">What goes into a review?<br class=""></b><br class="">The goal of the review process is to improve the proposal under review through constructive criticism and, eventually, determine the direction&nbsp;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 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 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 class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">        </span>• If you have used other languages or libraries with a similar feature, how do you feel that this proposal compares to&nbsp;those?<br class=""></div><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 class=""><br class=""></div>More information about the Swift evolution process is available at:<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><a href="https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/process.md" class="">https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/process.md</a></blockquote><br class="">Thank you,<br class=""><br class="">-Joe<br class="">Review Manager</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>