[swift-users] Quick Question about ExpressibleByStringLiteral

[David Sweeris]

If my type doesn’t know/care about the difference between a normal “String" and an “ExtendedClusterScalarGraphemeLiteralUnicodeTypeCluster” (or whatever those other literal types are called), is there anything wrong with doing this?
public protocol EasilyExpressibleByStringLiteral : ExpressibleByStringLiteral {
    typealias StringLiteralType = String
}
extension EasilyExpressibleByStringLiteral where StringLiteralType == String {
    public init(unicodeScalarLiteral value: String.UnicodeScalarLiteralType) {
        self.init(stringLiteral: String(describing: value))
    }
    public init(extendedGraphemeClusterLiteral value: String.ExtendedGraphemeClusterLiteralType) {
        self.init(stringLiteral: String(describing: value))
    }
}
because then I only have to write the one init function:
public struct MyType : EasilyExpressibleByStringLiteral {
    public init(stringLiteral value: StringLiteralType) {...}
}
and the compiler will stop complaining about my type not conforming to the other two protocols. Because I’ve scanned the docs, and I can’t even figure out how to create an ExtendedGraphemeClusterLiteral, let alone come up with a reason why I’d want to treat it differently than a regular String when using it to initialize an instance of MyType.

- Dave Sweeris
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