<div dir="ltr">Vladimir,<br><br>True, but does the extra syntax actually accomplish anything?<br><br>From my example:<div><ul style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><li style="font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 18px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:transparent;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px 10px 0px 0px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;list-style-type:none;background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><code style="border:0px;font-size:0.85em;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:menlo,monospace;word-wrap:break-word;background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="border:0px;font-size:11.9px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(170,51,145);background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">func</span> <span style="border:0px;font-size:11.9px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(63,110,116);background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">arithmeticMean</span>(<span style="border:0px;font-size:11.9px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(63,110,116);background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">numbers</span>: <span style="border:0px;font-size:11.9px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(92,38,153);background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">Double</span>...) -> <span style="border:0px;font-size:11.9px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(92,38,153);background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">Double</span> {</code></li><li style="font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 18px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:transparent;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px 10px 0px 0px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;list-style-type:none;background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><code style="border:0px;font-size:0.85em;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:menlo,monospace;word-wrap:break-word;background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"> <span style="border:0px;font-size:11.9px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(170,51,145);background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">return</span> <span style="color:rgb(63,110,116);font-size:11.9px;line-height:22.4px">add</span><span style="font-size:11.9px;line-height:22.4px">(</span><span style="font-size:11.9px;line-height:22.4px;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(63,110,116);background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">numbers</span><span style="font-size:11.9px;line-height:22.4px">)</span> / <span style="border:0px;font-size:11.9px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(63,110,116);background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">Double</span>(<span style="border:0px;font-size:11.9px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(63,110,116);background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">numbers</span>.<span style="border:0px;font-size:11.9px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(63,110,116);background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">count</span>)</code></li><li style="font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 18px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:transparent;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px 10px 0px 0px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;list-style-type:none;background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><code style="border:0px;font-size:0.85em;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:menlo,monospace;word-wrap:break-word;background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">}</code></li></ul></div><div><br></div><div>It's clear that the intent is to pass all the numbers to add().<br><br>What, exactly, does adding the #splat() syntax achieve? It doesn't add any additional clarity.<br><br>Moreover, I don't think #splat has been accepted as a proposal yet.<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 12:19 PM Vladimir.S <<a href="mailto:svabox@gmail.com">svabox@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">[offtopic]<br>
On 20.05.2016 19:08, Christopher Boyd via swift-evolution wrote:<br>
> Certainly, #splat would work, but it may be slightly more confusing to<br>
> someone that hasn't seen the splat operator before:<br>
So, he/she will open swift documentation or drop the question to google<br>
once, and from that moment will know what #splat means.<br>
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