<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="">-1 from me, I think that it makes perfect sense the way it is.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">More specifically, I read `if let safe = optional` as "if optional can be unwrapped into safe, then ..."</div><div class="">I think `obtain let` is more confusing, as it's not clear that it's a conditional from that keyword. Plus to me, "obtain" seems like it would be getting something from somewhere else, not always locally, maybe use an `unwrap` keyword in there somewhere, if you want it to be very clear what's happening?</div><div class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 7, 2017, at 8:46 PM, Carlos García via swift-evolution &lt;<a href="mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org" class="">swift-evolution@swift.org</a>&gt; wrote:</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=""><div class=""><pre style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Hi all,

Here’s a draft proposal to change <b class="">if let</b> construction for <b class="">obtain let</b>. Proposal is at:</span></pre><pre style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><a href="https://github.com/carlosypunto/swift-evolution/blob/obtain-let-instead-if-let/proposals/XXXX-Use-obtain-let-instead-if-let-constructions.md" class="">https://github.com/carlosypunto/swift-evolution/blob/obtain-let-instead-if-let/proposals/XXXX-Use-obtain-let-instead-if-let-constructions.md</a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">

I would like to see what you think and get help with "<i class="">Effect on ABI stability</i>" and "<i class="">Effect on API resilience</i>" points

Carlos</span></pre><pre style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></pre></div></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>