<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>It seems odd that no review or comment has been made as the PR seems a step in the right direction.<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On 1 Dec 2016, at 14:17, Adrian Zubarev via swift-evolution <<a href="mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org">swift-evolution@swift.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><style>body{font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px}</style><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color: rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;">You forgot to mention Brent. ;)</div> <br> <div id="bloop_sign_1480601776132441088" class="bloop_sign"><div style="font-family:helvetica,arial;font-size:13px">-- <br>Adrian Zubarev<br>Sent with Airmail</div></div> <br><p class="airmail_on">Am 1. Dezember 2016 um 15:03:07, Anton Zhilin (<a href="mailto:antonyzhilin@gmail.com">antonyzhilin@gmail.com</a>) schrieb:</p> <blockquote type="cite" class="clean_bq"><span><div><div></div><div>
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<div dir="ltr">I disagree with the suggestion. Unlike C++'s
templates, a Swift's generic function is semantically a single
function. One can say that together with a metatype parameter, we
pass in witness table.
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<div>What I think we should do is make metatypes easier to use.
<i>Adrian and I have a PR</i> that has already been waiting for
almost a month: <a href="https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/pull/553">https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/pull/553</a></div>
<div>Plus, removal of .self could simplify such calls.</div>
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