<div dir="ltr">On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 4:09 AM, Adrian Zubarev <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:adrian.zubarev@devandartist.com" target="_blank">adrian.zubarev@devandartist.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="gmail-m_-2655124390710574463bloop_markdown"><p>There are a few good points made here. It’s an interesting workaround to use <code>type(of:)</code> to get a similar behavior I wanted. My point is, that <code>Current</code> or call it static <code>Self</code> should exist to fill some gaps in our design patterns. Using <code>Self</code> in protocols should not always mean that you shall use the dynamic behavior. Yes on value types the dynamic type is the same conforming type.</p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I'm not sure in what way you intend to distinguish between static and dynamic Self in protocols.</div><div><br></div><div>- If class `Base` conforms to protocol `P`, then final class `Derived : Base` also conforms to protocol `P`. This is, AFAIK, non-negotiable.</div><div><br></div><div>- In Swift, a type can only conform to a protocol in one way. This is unlikely to change in Swift 4 or 5.</div><div><br></div><div>- If `P` guarantees a method called `frobnicate()` and we have `let foo = Derived()`, then `foo.frobnicate()` and `(foo as Base).frobnicate()` invoke the same method. See: <<a href="https://www.raizlabs.com/dev/2016/12/swift-method-dispatch/">https://www.raizlabs.com/dev/2016/12/swift-method-dispatch/</a>> about dispatch rules.</div><div><br></div><div>- If `frobnicate()` is guaranteed by `P` to return a value of type `Self`, `Base.frobnicate()` must provide an implementation that returns a value of type `Self` and `Derived.frobnicate()` must provide an implementation that returns a value of type `Derived`. Both `foo.frobnicate()` and `(foo as Base).frobnicate()` invoke the implementation on `Derived`, which returns a value of type `Derived`.</div><div><br></div><div>- As Anton wrote, one improvement is to make it possible to write `Base.frobnicate()` by spelling out the return value as `Base` instead of `Self`, with the consequence that `Derived` _must_ also provide its own implementation that spells out `Derived`. However, unless I'm mistaken, since Swift allows overloading by return type, `Derived.frobnicate()` would be an overload and not an override of `Base.frobnicate()`, and yet `(foo as Base).frobnicate()` must dispatch to the implementation on `Derived`.</div><div><br></div><div>- If `frobnicate()` could be guaranteed to return a value of type `StaticSelf`, `Base.frobnicate()` must provide an implementation that returns a value of type `Base` and `Derived.frobnicate()` must still provide an implementation that returns a value of type `Derived`. Both `foo.frobnicate()` and `(foo as Base).frobnicate()` must still invoke the implementation on `Derived`, which still returns a value of type `Derived`.</div><div><br></div><div>- If Anton's suggestion is adopted and the issues with dispatch overcome, then the above would be possible, but both the `StaticSelf` and `Self` versions appear to do the same thing. If Anton's suggestion is not adopted, then the above would not be possible.</div><div><br></div><div>So, why do you think you need `StaticSelf` in the context of protocols?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="gmail-m_-2655124390710574463bloop_markdown"><p> </p>
<pre><code class="gmail-m_-2655124390710574463swift">// All these protocol do not compile
// This is not real world example, but IMO should be possible
protocol P : class {
associatedtype StaticSelf : AnyObject
func castOrTrap<T : StaticSelf>() -> T
}
protocol P : class {
associatedtype StaticSelf : Self
func castOrTrap<T : StaticSelf>() -> T
}
protocol P : class {
func castOrTrap<T : Self>() -> T
}
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<p>The absence of static <code>Self</code> does hurt the flexibility of the language to design a specific but yet clear behavior. The <code>P</code> protocol is meant to have a static <code>Self</code>, where conforming to it would result in a shorthand version using <code>StaticSelf/Current</code> or the conforming type:</p>
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func castOrTrap<T : Current>() -> T { … }
// or
func castOrTrap<T : A>() -> T { … }
}
</code></pre>
<p>I cannot think of a possible workaround here except of defining that method on the base type itself. If other not derived classes need to have this pattern, I cannot create an ancestor protocol as I might would like.</p>
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<p>The forced <code>required init</code> might be a good workaround for the issue from some previous post, but is it really what we always wanted? This restriction lives only on the non-final classes because <code>Self</code> there is dynamic, which feels kinda inconsistent. As I already mentioned, I’d be happy if we could drop the restriction on the conforming type to allow the user to decide if we want to follow the contract of using <code>self</code> (lowercased) and <code>type(of: self)</code> or could simply override <code>Self</code> with <code>ContainingTypeName</code>. That would solve that issue, if I’m not totally missing here something.</p>
<p>But the issue from above remans unsolved. Furthermore, does dynamic <code>Self</code> make any sense on non-final classes as a parameter type? Can anyone show me a plausible code snippet for that?</p>
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<p>Sure my arguments are more like <strong>might</strong>, <strong>want</strong> etc. and not that much of a weight, but that’s my honest opinion that some restrictions makes the language less flexible as it could be.</p>
<p><code>Self</code> is exactly like <code>.Type</code> which might also be magically <code>.Protocol</code>. The static and dynamic behaviors are baked into one place. :/</p>
<p></p></div><div class="gmail-m_-2655124390710574463bloop_original_html"><span class="gmail-"><div id="gmail-m_-2655124390710574463bloop_customfont" style="font-family:helvetica,arial;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px"><br></div> <br> <div id="gmail-m_-2655124390710574463bloop_sign_1483868455556030976" class="gmail-m_-2655124390710574463bloop_sign"><div style="font-family:helvetica,arial;font-size:13px">-- <br>Adrian Zubarev<br>Sent with Airmail</div></div> <br></span><div><div class="gmail-h5"><p class="gmail-m_-2655124390710574463airmail_on">Am 8. Januar 2017 um 00:51:32, Xiaodi Wu via swift-evolution (<a href="mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org" target="_blank">swift-evolution@swift.org</a>) schrieb:</p> </div></div><blockquote type="cite" class="gmail-m_-2655124390710574463clean_bq"><span><div><div></div><div><div><div class="gmail-h5">
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">extension</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"> </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(95,174,174)">Clonable</span></div>
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">{ </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(0,143,1)">self</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">.</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(79,129,135)">x</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"> =
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">required</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"> </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">init</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">(other: </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(95,174,174)">Derived</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">)</span></div>
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Required because it was `required` in Base. Even a
`Derived` calls this initializer to clone, which is
wrong. Bugs abound.</span></div>
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">{ </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(61,29,129)">fatalError</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">(</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">"init(other:)
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(0,143,1)">let</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"> me
= </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(95,174,174)">Derived</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">(x: </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(218,32,0)">1</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">,
y: </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(2,37,188)">"food"</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">)</span></div>
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<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(0,143,1)">let</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"> alienClone
= </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(79,129,135)">me</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">.</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(49,89,93)">clone</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">() </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">//
"init(other:) is wrong."</span></div>
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<div>Agree. That seems wrong. Great example.</div>
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<div>So, is this odd behavior intentional, a bug, or a design
deficiency? I would think that when a protocol has a method
or initializer has `Self` parameters—like in Clonable—every
subclass would be required to implement its own specialized version
(much like a required initializer). That would be a special
case of the protocol system, though.</div>
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<div>As it sits, even fixing the calling behavior of my example
leaves us with the problem of subclasses inheriting inapplicable
required initializers from superclasses that actually don’t make
any sense.</div>
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<div>Does this deserve its own thread?</div>
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<div>Dunno, maybe best to have its own thread. It's not mentioned
as part of SE-0068, but IMO a complete design that respects the
spirit of that proposal *should* involve allowing you to
write:</div>
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<div>```</div>
<div>class Base : Clonable {</div>
<div> required init(other: Self) { ... }</div>
<div>}</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>class Derived : Base {</div>
<div> required init(other: Self) { ... }</div>
<div>}</div>
<div>```</div>
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