<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 Jun 13, 2017, at 11:46 AM, Erica Sadun via swift-evolution <<a href="mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org" class="">swift-evolution@swift.org</a>> wrote:</div><div class=""><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">I imagine that recent discussions like mapped keypaths, ordered sets, `count(where:)`, etc. could have a home for discussion and exploration without getting blocked by "out of scope" if there were a separate "Substandard Library" repository, mailing list, and process (potentially staffed in part or full by non-Apple personnel) that did not rely on internal Apple timelines and delivery benchmarks. Think "farm league for SE" (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farm_team" class="">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farm_team</a>). It would lower the burden on SE but provide a way forward to discuss and develop ideas within the framework of coherent language design.</div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class="">+1</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Not even just for development… a standard repository for “substandard” library(s) would be a great for commonly used types that aren’t quite commonly used enough to include in stdlib, and IMHO, could really help Swift’s ecosystem (I’m not claiming that it’s poor now or anything, but there’s nothing wrong with making it the best we can).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- Dave Sweeris</div></body></html>