[swift-users] Swift and Xcode along with Playgrounds is full of bugs

[Shyamal Chandra]

Hi Chris,

Here is a forum question that I posted a while back.  The latest post says
to file a bug under the bug report.  I have had mixed success with the bug
reporter tool from Apple; most of the time, they ask for the system
diagnostics and then, tell you to update your version.  Sometimes, they
just close the issue and nothing happens.

Here's the post:

https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/61953 (Playgrounds error)

I was doing something "simple" in Playgrounds and my version of Playgrounds
doesn't function properly because it is emitting an error when I write
bug-free code.  Why is Playgrounds so flaky?  Sometimes, it shows the
output on the right side; sometime, it doesn't.


Thanks!

Best,

Shyamal Chandra
shyamalc at gmail.com
Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/shyamalc
Phone: 620-719-9064

On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 7:02 PM, Chris Lattner <clattner at apple.com> wrote:

> On Sep 12, 2016, at 3:03 PM, Shyamal Chandra via swift-users <
> swift-users at swift.org> wrote:
> > Hope you are doing well!
> >
> > Swift is very volatile language that keeps on changing with every new
> version of Xcode.  When you are trying to run old code with different
> syntax, you run into problems because the code is no longer compatible.
> Instead of moving onto Swift 3, 4, and 5 (with different syntax), why don't
> you standardize the library and language operations and functions for the
> different package and frameworks included with Xcode
>
> The subject line of this message seems like it is intended to be
> provocative, not helpful.
>
> Despite that, you’ll be happy to know that the goal of Swift 4 is to be
> source compatible with Swift 3, so the concerns that you are complaining
> about are historic, not future problems.
>
> > because I have already submitted multiple bugs to the bug report that
> are with the official release of Xcode and I am very disappointed with the
> software quality.
>
> I don’t see any radars filed by you in the system, but perhaps they are
> just under a different name.  In any case, thank you for filing bugs, we do
> read and care about them!  Please send me the radar numbers (off list if
> you prefer) and I’ll take a look.
>
> -Chris
>
>
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