[swift-users] Why can't structs inherit from other structs?

[Tino Heth]

> I thought the problem with struct polymorphism (specifically the stack size issue) *was* the fundamental reason we can’t have “substructs”.
As I said:
I guess this is the reason we don't have "substructs" now — but inheritance can be useful without polymorphism:
Imagine an application that managers data of customers and employees.
It would be reasonable to model those data-containers as structs, and as both structs share many properties, a "person"-type would be quite convenient, even if it is not possible to create collections which contain customers as well as employees*.

Tino

* yes, an embedded "address"-struct would be an alternative — but copy & paste or writing everything in assembler is an alternative as well ;-)
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