<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=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Am 27.04.2016 um 22:00 schrieb Erica Sadun <<a href="mailto:erica@ericasadun.com" class="">erica@ericasadun.com</a>>:</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=""><br class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 27, 2016, at 1:51 PM, Thorsten Seitz via swift-evolution <<a href="mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org" class="">swift-evolution@swift.org</a>> wrote:</div><div class=""><div class=""><br class="">So, you are probably right that Self does not make sense in value types.<br class=""></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div></div>I courteously disagree for the reasons stated in the proposal:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">* Self introduces consistency across types</div><div class="">* It’s succinct and clear, enhancing readability</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It may not be especially <i class="">expressive</i> in value types but I believe it remains <i class="">valuable</i>, which is a different question.</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>Oops, you are right, of course. Too tired, should catch some sleep now...</div><div><br class=""></div><div>-Thorsten</div><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Regardless, I believe this proposal will be delayed until the question of `Type.self` vs `Type` is first ironed out as some of the design details are predicated on how that is treated.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">best regards,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">— E</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>