<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 2:31 PM, Erica Sadun <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:erica@ericasadun.com" target="_blank">erica@ericasadun.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=""><br>
> On Jun 8, 2016, at 1:07 PM, Xiaodi Wu via swift-evolution <<a href="mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org">swift-evolution@swift.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> I should add, on the topic of removing `where`, there would be a higher threshold for a successful proposal and I would have to convince people that the `where` clause is actually harmful. I do wonder if I could succeed in that endeavor. But when it comes to adding something like `while`, you've yet to convince me it offers more than just stylistic choice. IMO, that is insufficient for a proposal as consequential as adding syntax to the language itself (a much more serious addition than changing API in the stdlib, for example).<br>
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</span>I think it would be valuable to defer this discussion until after WWDC to see how SE-0099 does. The core team's response to while exfoliation will greatly affect both how this suggestion goes.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Probably wise.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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(As is, if this moves forward, I'd say go with either where or while but not both, or eliminate while entirely.)<br>
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