[swift-users] initializer with alternative

[Jan E. Schotsman]

On Jul 26, 2016, at 4:15 PM, Doug Hill wrote:

> I'm guessing your best bet is going with the separate function to  
> handle this. Or make it a type method.


Of course. I didn't think of the type method approach.

> // 'self' used inside 'catch' block reachable from self.init call
> This might be a bug in the compiler since the error message isn't  
> correct; self isn't referenced in the catch block. Also the error  
> message on the closing brace is puzzling.

I got this message too inside an if err {} block.
I don't think I'll file a bug as this is probably  a rare case.

Jan E.