<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="">I think the fact that the type checker permits ‘final’ to appear inside protocol extensions is an oversight and this probably does not even warrant a proposal. I don’t think allowing this was ever part of the conceptual model of protocol extensions at any point in time (if you recall they were introduced ‘recently’, in Swift 2). If someone put together a PR which makes ‘final’ in protocol extensions an error in Swift 4 mode (and a warning in 3), I would merge it.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">FWIW that there is one restriction around the direct dispatch here we want to lift, but it’s not related to this proposal.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you have a base class conforming to a protocol using default requirements, eg</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">&nbsp; protocol Proto { func f() }</div><div class="">&nbsp; extension Proto { func f() { } }</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">&nbsp; class Base : Proto {}</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Currently the witness table for Base : Proto directly references the extension method Proto.f.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We want to allow this, at least inside the module:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">class Derived {</div><div class="">&nbsp; override func f() {} // does not work currently</div><div class="">}</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This will mean that ‘Proto.f’ will appear in the vtable of ‘Base’, pointing at the extension method. The conformance will dispatch through the vtable instead of directly calling the extension method.</div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Slava<div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 7, 2017, at 7:23 PM, Brian King 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=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Hey Folks,&nbsp;<span style="font-size:12.8px" class="">This draft proposal addresses </span><span style="font-size:12.8px" class="">starter bug SR-1762.</span><span style="font-size:12.8px" class="">&nbsp;I believe this is in scope for Swift 4 since it impacts source compatibility</span><span style="font-size:12.8px" class="">. It's not a very exciting proposal, but I think it will help make Swift a little more consistent.</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><span style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><span style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><a href="https://gist.github.com/KingOfBrian/6f20c566114ac0ef54c8092d80e54ee7" class="">https://gist.github.com/KingOfBrian/6f20c566114ac0ef54c8092d80e54ee7</a></span><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><a href="https://bugs.swift.org/browse/SR-1762" class="">https://bugs.swift.org/browse/SR-1762</a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Thanks</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Brian</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><h2 style="font-family:-apple-system,blinkmacsystemfont,&quot;segoe ui&quot;,helvetica,arial,sans-serif,&quot;apple color emoji&quot;,&quot;segoe ui emoji&quot;,&quot;segoe ui symbol&quot;;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;line-height:1.25;padding-bottom:0.3em;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(234,236,239)" class="">Introduction</h2><h2 style="font-family:-apple-system,blinkmacsystemfont,&quot;segoe ui&quot;,helvetica,arial,sans-serif,&quot;apple color emoji&quot;,&quot;segoe ui emoji&quot;,&quot;segoe ui symbol&quot;;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;line-height:1.25;padding-bottom:0.3em;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(234,236,239)" class=""><p style="font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px" class="">This proposal suggests removing support for the&nbsp;<code style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:sfmono-regular,consolas,&quot;liberation mono&quot;,menlo,courier,monospace;font-size:13.6px;padding:0.2em 0px;margin:0px;background-color:rgba(27,31,35,0.0470588);border-radius:3px" class="">final</code>&nbsp;keyword when declaring a function in a protocol extension. The presence of the&nbsp;<code style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:sfmono-regular,consolas,&quot;liberation mono&quot;,menlo,courier,monospace;font-size:13.6px;padding:0.2em 0px;margin:0px;background-color:rgba(27,31,35,0.0470588);border-radius:3px" class="">final</code>&nbsp;keyword does not currently generate an error message, and it does not actually modify the dispatch behavior in any way.</p></h2><h2 style="font-family:-apple-system,blinkmacsystemfont,&quot;segoe ui&quot;,helvetica,arial,sans-serif,&quot;apple color emoji&quot;,&quot;segoe ui emoji&quot;,&quot;segoe ui symbol&quot;;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;line-height:1.25;padding-bottom:0.3em;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(234,236,239)" class=""><a id="gmail-user-content-motivation" class="gmail-anchor" href="https://gist.github.com/KingOfBrian/6f20c566114ac0ef54c8092d80e54ee7#motivation" style="color:rgb(3,102,214);box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;float:left;padding-right:4px;line-height:1"></a>Motivation</h2><h2 style="font-family:-apple-system,blinkmacsystemfont,&quot;segoe ui&quot;,helvetica,arial,sans-serif,&quot;apple color emoji&quot;,&quot;segoe ui emoji&quot;,&quot;segoe ui symbol&quot;;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;line-height:1.25;padding-bottom:0.3em;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(234,236,239)" class=""><p style="font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px" class="">In the original protocol model of Swift, a developer could use the&nbsp;<code style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:sfmono-regular,consolas,&quot;liberation mono&quot;,menlo,courier,monospace;font-size:13.6px;padding:0.2em 0px;margin:0px;background-color:rgba(27,31,35,0.0470588);border-radius:3px" class="">final</code>&nbsp;keyword when declaring a function in a protocol extension to ensure the function could not be overridden. This keyword has no use in Swift's current protocol model, since functions in protocol extensions can not be overridden and will always use direct dispatch.</p></h2><h2 style="font-family:-apple-system,blinkmacsystemfont,&quot;segoe ui&quot;,helvetica,arial,sans-serif,&quot;apple color emoji&quot;,&quot;segoe ui emoji&quot;,&quot;segoe ui symbol&quot;;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;line-height:1.25;padding-bottom:0.3em;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(234,236,239)" class=""><a id="gmail-user-content-detailed-design" class="gmail-anchor" href="https://gist.github.com/KingOfBrian/6f20c566114ac0ef54c8092d80e54ee7#detailed-design" style="color:rgb(3,102,214);box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;float:left;padding-right:4px;line-height:1"></a>Detailed design</h2><h2 style="font-family:-apple-system,blinkmacsystemfont,&quot;segoe ui&quot;,helvetica,arial,sans-serif,&quot;apple color emoji&quot;,&quot;segoe ui emoji&quot;,&quot;segoe ui symbol&quot;;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;line-height:1.25;padding-bottom:0.3em;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(234,236,239)" class=""><p style="font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px" class="">The compiler should generate an error or warning when the&nbsp;<code style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:sfmono-regular,consolas,&quot;liberation mono&quot;,menlo,courier,monospace;font-size:13.6px;padding:0.2em 0px;margin:0px;background-color:rgba(27,31,35,0.0470588);border-radius:3px" class="">final</code>&nbsp;keyword is used on a function declaration inside of a protocol extension. This is consistent with the use of&nbsp;<code style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:sfmono-regular,consolas,&quot;liberation mono&quot;,menlo,courier,monospace;font-size:13.6px;padding:0.2em 0px;margin:0px;background-color:rgba(27,31,35,0.0470588);border-radius:3px" class="">final</code>&nbsp;in structs and enumerations.</p></h2><h2 style="font-family:-apple-system,blinkmacsystemfont,&quot;segoe ui&quot;,helvetica,arial,sans-serif,&quot;apple color emoji&quot;,&quot;segoe ui emoji&quot;,&quot;segoe ui symbol&quot;;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;line-height:1.25;padding-bottom:0.3em;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(234,236,239)" class=""><a id="gmail-user-content-source-compatibility" class="gmail-anchor" href="https://gist.github.com/KingOfBrian/6f20c566114ac0ef54c8092d80e54ee7#source-compatibility" style="color:rgb(3,102,214);box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;float:left;padding-right:4px;line-height:1"></a>Source compatibility</h2><h2 style="font-family:-apple-system,blinkmacsystemfont,&quot;segoe ui&quot;,helvetica,arial,sans-serif,&quot;apple color emoji&quot;,&quot;segoe ui emoji&quot;,&quot;segoe ui symbol&quot;;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;line-height:1.25;padding-bottom:0.3em;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(234,236,239)" class=""><p style="font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px" class="">This change will impact source compatibility. To maintain compatibility with Swift 3, a warning will be generated in Swift 3 mode instead of an error message.</p></h2><h2 style="font-family:-apple-system,blinkmacsystemfont,&quot;segoe ui&quot;,helvetica,arial,sans-serif,&quot;apple color emoji&quot;,&quot;segoe ui emoji&quot;,&quot;segoe ui symbol&quot;;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;line-height:1.25;padding-bottom:0.3em;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(234,236,239)" class=""><a id="gmail-user-content-effect-on-abi-stability" class="gmail-anchor" href="https://gist.github.com/KingOfBrian/6f20c566114ac0ef54c8092d80e54ee7#effect-on-abi-stability" style="color:rgb(3,102,214);box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;float:left;padding-right:4px;line-height:1"></a>Effect on ABI stability</h2><h2 style="font-family:-apple-system,blinkmacsystemfont,&quot;segoe ui&quot;,helvetica,arial,sans-serif,&quot;apple color emoji&quot;,&quot;segoe ui emoji&quot;,&quot;segoe ui symbol&quot;;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;line-height:1.25;padding-bottom:0.3em;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(234,236,239)" class=""><p style="font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px" class="">This has no effect on ABI stability</p></h2><h2 style="font-family:-apple-system,blinkmacsystemfont,&quot;segoe ui&quot;,helvetica,arial,sans-serif,&quot;apple color emoji&quot;,&quot;segoe ui emoji&quot;,&quot;segoe ui symbol&quot;;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;line-height:1.25;padding-bottom:0.3em;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(234,236,239)" class=""><a id="gmail-user-content-effect-on-api-resilience" class="gmail-anchor" href="https://gist.github.com/KingOfBrian/6f20c566114ac0ef54c8092d80e54ee7#effect-on-api-resilience" style="color:rgb(3,102,214);box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;float:left;padding-right:4px;line-height:1"></a>Effect on API resilience</h2><h2 style="font-family:-apple-system,blinkmacsystemfont,&quot;segoe ui&quot;,helvetica,arial,sans-serif,&quot;apple color emoji&quot;,&quot;segoe ui emoji&quot;,&quot;segoe ui symbol&quot;;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;line-height:1.25;padding-bottom:0.3em;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(234,236,239)" class=""><p style="font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px" class="">This has no effect on API resilience</p></h2><h2 style="font-family:-apple-system,blinkmacsystemfont,&quot;segoe ui&quot;,helvetica,arial,sans-serif,&quot;apple color emoji&quot;,&quot;segoe ui emoji&quot;,&quot;segoe ui symbol&quot;;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;line-height:1.25;padding-bottom:0.3em;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(234,236,239)" class=""><a id="gmail-user-content-alternatives-considered" class="gmail-anchor" href="https://gist.github.com/KingOfBrian/6f20c566114ac0ef54c8092d80e54ee7#alternatives-considered" style="color:rgb(3,102,214);box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;float:left;padding-right:4px;line-height:1"></a>Alternatives considered</h2><h2 style="font-family:-apple-system,blinkmacsystemfont,&quot;segoe ui&quot;,helvetica,arial,sans-serif,&quot;apple color emoji&quot;,&quot;segoe ui emoji&quot;,&quot;segoe ui symbol&quot;;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;line-height:1.25;padding-bottom:0.3em;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(234,236,239)" class=""><div style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">The only alternative would be to not fix this bug</div></h2></div></div>
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