[swift-users] swift 4.0 "swift-version 4" errors with "type(of:"

[Edward Connell]

Yes I did, that fixed the problem. Thank you

On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 12:38 PM, Slava Pestov <spestov at apple.com> wrote:

> Do you have a member named ‘type’ in the current scope?
>
> We changed the behavior of type(of:) so that it behaves like a normal
> declaration in the Swift module instead of a special keyword. Unfortunately
> this means if you have a ‘type’ already visible in scope, you have to fully
> qualify Swift.type(of:).
>
> Slava
>
> On May 19, 2017, at 11:18 AM, Edward Connell via swift-users <
> swift-users at swift.org> wrote:
>
> When running the compiler using the "-swift-version 4" flag, the compiler
> complains about creating a dynamic type. Errors are flagged from within
> concrete base classes and also within protocol extensions.
>
> *error: cannot invoke 'type' with an argument list of type '(of: Self)'*
> *                let newObject = type(of: self).init()*
>
> Has this changed?? Are we supposed to create dynamic types a different way
> now?
>
> Thanks, Ed
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