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<p></p></div><div class="bloop_original_html"><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;"><br></div> <div id="bloop_sign_1487541621561775872" 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 19. Februar 2017 um 22:59:18, David Hart (<a href="mailto:david@hartbit.com">david@hartbit.com</a>) schrieb:</p> <blockquote type="cite" class="clean_bq"><span><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div></div><div>
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<div class="">On 19 Feb 2017, at 21:42, Adrian Zubarev via
swift-evolution <<a href="mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org" class="">swift-evolution@swift.org</a>> wrote:</div>
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We added a note to the proposal:</p>
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Both<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><code style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 10pt; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: inherit; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); margin: 0px 2px; padding: 0px 5px; word-break: normal; word-wrap: normal; -webkit-margin-before: 0px;" class="">Type<T></code><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><code style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 10pt; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: inherit; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); margin: 0px 2px; padding: 0px 5px; word-break: normal; word-wrap: normal;" class="">AnyType<T></code><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>will be declared in the Swift
standard library even if part of the implementation might be
compiler magic. That move is really important to allow developers
to created custom<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em class="">nested</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>types named as<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><code style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 10pt; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: inherit; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); margin: 0px 2px; padding: 0px 5px; word-break: normal; word-wrap: normal;" class="">Type</code>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><code style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 10pt; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: inherit; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); margin: 0px 2px; padding: 0px 5px; word-break: normal; word-wrap: normal;" class="">ModuleName.TypeName.Type</code><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is ambigious today, but will
become possible after this proposal. That means<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><code style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 10pt; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: inherit; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); margin: 0px 2px; padding: 0px 5px; word-break: normal; word-wrap: normal;" class="">Type<T></code><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><code style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 10pt; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: inherit; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); margin: 0px 2px; padding: 0px 5px; word-break: normal; word-wrap: normal;" class="">AnyType<T></code><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>will be shortcuts
for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><code style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 10pt; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: inherit; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); margin: 0px 2px; padding: 0px 5px; word-break: normal; word-wrap: normal;" class="">Swift.Type<T></code><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><code style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 10pt; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: inherit; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); margin: 0px 2px; padding: 0px 5px; word-break: normal; word-wrap: normal;" class="">Swift.AnyType<T></code>.</li>
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<p style="margin: 15px 0px;" class="">We also think that the
proposal is ready for the review. :)</p>
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<p class="airmail_on" style="margin: 15px 0px;">Am 19. Februar 2017
um 09:40:19, Adrian Zubarev (<a href="mailto:adrian.zubarev@devandartist.com" style="color: rgb(65, 131, 196); background-color: inherit; text-decoration: none;" class="">adrian.zubarev@devandartist.com</a>) schrieb:</p>
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<span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Actually Brent has just now convinced me that<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><code style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 10pt; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: inherit; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); margin: 0px 2px; padding: 0px 5px; word-break: normal; word-wrap: normal;" class="">Metatype</code><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>would be a bad name to choose.
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<p class="airmail_on" style="margin: 15px 0px;">Am 18. Februar 2017
um 17:55:33, Adrian Zubarev (<a href="mailto:adrian.zubarev@devandartist.com" style="color: rgb(65, 131, 196); background-color: inherit; text-decoration: none;" class="">adrian.zubarev@devandartist.com</a>) schrieb:</p>
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<span style="-webkit-margin-before: 0px;" class="">The problem I
was describing is about nested types named<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><code style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 10pt; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: inherit; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); margin: 0px 2px; padding: 0px 5px; word-break: normal; word-wrap: normal;" class="">.Type</code>, indeed. Assuming the proposal would go
with<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><code style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 10pt; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: inherit; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); margin: 0px 2px; padding: 0px 5px; word-break: normal; word-wrap: normal;" class="">Type<T></code>, then it means you _might_ be able to
create nested types called<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><code style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 10pt; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: inherit; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); margin: 0px 2px; padding: 0px 5px; word-break: normal; word-wrap: normal;" class="">Type</code>, but you always would need to call if through
the whole namespace (e.g.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><code style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 10pt; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: inherit; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); margin: 0px 2px; padding: 0px 5px; word-break: normal; word-wrap: normal;" class="">A.B.Type</code>). That is a huge downside.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 15px 0px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-margin-before: 0px;" class=""><code style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 10pt; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: inherit; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); margin: 0px 2px; padding: 0px 5px; word-break: normal; word-wrap: normal; -webkit-margin-before: 0px;" class="">Metatype</code><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>on the other hand describes
exactly what that _thing_ really is.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 15px 0px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-margin-before: 0px;" class="">Currently on a different
branch I added this important note to the alternatives, but I’d
rather use these types for the whole proposal.</span></p>
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<span style="-webkit-margin-before: 0px;" class="">Assuming that
the accepted proposal decides to use<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class=""><code style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 10pt; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: inherit; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); margin: 0px 2px; padding: 0px 5px; word-break: normal; word-wrap: normal; -webkit-margin-before: 0px;" class="">Metatype<T></code></strong>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class=""><code style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 10pt; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: inherit; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); margin: 0px 2px; padding: 0px 5px; word-break: normal; word-wrap: normal; -webkit-margin-before: 0px;" class="">AnyMetatype<T></code></strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>over<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class=""><code style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 10pt; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: inherit; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); margin: 0px 2px; padding: 0px 5px; word-break: normal; word-wrap: normal; -webkit-margin-before: 0px;" class="">Type<T></code></strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class=""><code style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 10pt; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: inherit; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); margin: 0px 2px; padding: 0px 5px; word-break: normal; word-wrap: normal; -webkit-margin-before: 0px;" class="">AnyType<T></code></strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>would imply that the
type<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><code style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 10pt; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: inherit; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); margin: 0px 2px; padding: 0px 5px; word-break: normal; word-wrap: normal;" class="">Type</code><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>would no longer be ambiguous
to use in custome modules. However, such naming choice will affect
the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><code style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 10pt; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: inherit; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); margin: 0px 2px; padding: 0px 5px; word-break: normal; word-wrap: normal;" class="">type(of:)</code><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>function. It<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em class="">might</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>be
necessary to align the function name to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><code style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 10pt; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: inherit; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); margin: 0px 2px; padding: 0px 5px; word-break: normal; word-wrap: normal;" class="">metatype(of:)</code><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to avoid any confusion, which
will result in another breaking change. Alternatively we could
leave the function as<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><code style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 10pt; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: inherit; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); margin: 0px 2px; padding: 0px 5px; word-break: normal; word-wrap: normal;" class="">func type<T>(of instance: T) ->
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<p style="margin: 15px 0px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-margin-before: 0px;" class="">If we’re going for breaking
changes again than I’d prefer to align the magical<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><code style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 10pt; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: inherit; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); margin: 0px 2px; padding: 0px 5px; word-break: normal; word-wrap: normal;" class="">type(of:)</code><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>function to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><code style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 10pt; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: inherit; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); margin: 0px 2px; padding: 0px 5px; word-break: normal; word-wrap: normal;" class="">metatype(of:)</code>.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 15px 0px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-margin-before: 0px;" class="">I’d love to hear more input
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<p class="airmail_on" style="margin: 15px 0px;"><span class="">Am
18. Februar 2017 um 17:00:27, Anton Zhilin (<a href="mailto:antonyzhilin@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(65, 131, 196); background-color: inherit; text-decoration: none;" class="">antonyzhilin@gmail.com</a>) schrieb:</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.2em !important;" class=""><span class=""><span class=""><code style="font-family: Consolas, Inconsolata, Courier, monospace; font-size: 0.85em; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: inherit; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); margin: 0px 0.15em; padding: 0px 0.3em; word-break: normal; word-wrap: normal; white-space: pre-wrap; display: inline;" class="">Type</code><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is a bad name for a public
type:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><code style="font-family: Consolas, Inconsolata, Courier, monospace; font-size: 0.85em; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: inherit; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); margin: 0px 0.15em; padding: 0px 0.3em; word-break: normal; word-wrap: normal; white-space: pre-wrap; display: inline;" class="">FooType</code><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is almost always a better
name. Libraries that describe “just types”, Swift types, can as
well use<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><code style="font-family: Consolas, Inconsolata, Courier, monospace; font-size: 0.85em; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: inherit; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); margin: 0px 0.15em; padding: 0px 0.3em; word-break: normal; word-wrap: normal; white-space: pre-wrap; display: inline;" class="">Metatype</code><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>or<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><code style="font-family: Consolas, Inconsolata, Courier, monospace; font-size: 0.85em; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: inherit; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); margin: 0px 0.15em; padding: 0px 0.3em; word-break: normal; word-wrap: normal; white-space: pre-wrap; display: inline;" class="">Mirror</code><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>or something.<br class="">
For nested types, like<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><code style="font-family: Consolas, Inconsolata, Courier, monospace; font-size: 0.85em; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: inherit; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); margin: 0px 0.15em; padding: 0px 0.3em; word-break: normal; word-wrap: normal; white-space: pre-wrap; display: inline;" class="">Foo.Type</code>, in the meaning of “type of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><code style="font-family: Consolas, Inconsolata, Courier, monospace; font-size: 0.85em; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: inherit; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); margin: 0px 0.15em; padding: 0px 0.3em; word-break: normal; word-wrap: normal; white-space: pre-wrap; display: inline;" class="">Foo</code>“,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><code style="font-family: Consolas, Inconsolata, Courier, monospace; font-size: 0.85em; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: inherit; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); margin: 0px 0.15em; padding: 0px 0.3em; word-break: normal; word-wrap: normal; white-space: pre-wrap; display: inline;" class="">Type</code><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>can’t be used even
now.<br class="">
I’d give up on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><code style="font-family: Consolas, Inconsolata, Courier, monospace; font-size: 0.85em; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: inherit; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); margin: 0px 0.15em; padding: 0px 0.3em; word-break: normal; word-wrap: normal; white-space: pre-wrap; display: inline;" class="">Type</code><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>name for the greater future of
metatypes.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.2em !important;" class=""><span class="">2017-02-18 16:28 GMT+03:00 Adrian Zubarev <<a href="mailto:adrian.zubarev@devandartist.com" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(65, 131, 196); background-color: inherit; text-decoration: none;" class="">adrian.zubarev@devandartist.com</a>>:</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 15px 0px;" class=""><span class="">Personally I’d
prefer<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><code style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 10pt; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: inherit; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); margin: 0px 2px; padding: 0px 5px; word-break: normal; word-wrap: normal;" class="">Metatype<T></code><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><code style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 10pt; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: inherit; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); margin: 0px 2px; padding: 0px 5px; word-break: normal; word-wrap: normal;" class="">AnyMetatype<T></code><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to get rid of the restriction
where you mostly cannot create custom types called<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><code style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 10pt; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: inherit; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); margin: 0px 2px; padding: 0px 5px; word-break: normal; word-wrap: normal;" class="">Type</code>, which annoys me a lot. Sometimes<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><code style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 10pt; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: inherit; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); margin: 0px 2px; padding: 0px 5px; word-break: normal; word-wrap: normal;" class="">Kind</code><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>as a good workaround but there
are times where<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><code style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 10pt; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: inherit; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); margin: 0px 2px; padding: 0px 5px; word-break: normal; word-wrap: normal;" class="">Kind</code><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>doesn’t fit. :/</span></p>
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