<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=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 13, 2017, at 11:40 AM, Zach Waldowski via swift-evolution <<a href="mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org" class="">swift-evolution@swift.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div class=""><div style="font-family:Arial;" class="">I still haven't been convinced by this. What are these incredibly large files that people are dealing with, and why should a crucial feature of the language be built around servicing anti patterns?<br class=""></div>
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<div style="font-family:Arial;" class="">Zachary</div>
</div></div></blockquote></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I consider a 500+ line file to be large (cognitively “larger” if I didn’t write it). Your definition may vary. In Swift 2, hiding details required separating classes by file, which conflicts with the common practice of grouping related classes in one file. I think SE-0025 was an important addition to the language.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Preston</div></body></html>