[swift-users] Custom operators from a module

Jordan Rose jordan_rose at apple.com
Wed Sep 6 15:37:36 CDT 2017


I just tried it myself with a framework and app target and it worked. Can you reproduce what you’re seeing in a simple project and file a bug report at https://bugs.swift.org <https://bugs.swift.org/> ?

Sorry for the trouble!
Jordan


> On Sep 6, 2017, at 13:35, Howard Lovatt <howard.lovatt at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I have a custom operator defined in a module and in my XCTest I import that module. In the tests the compiler says that the operator isn't defined. If I define the operator manually in the tests then it works. 
> 
> So what is going on?
> 
> -- Howard. 
> 
> On 7 Sep 2017, at 3:45 am, Jordan Rose <jordan_rose at apple.com <mailto:jordan_rose at apple.com>> wrote:
> 
>> It's actually the other way around: all operator declarations are exported from a module, all the time, even if the functions that implement them aren't. This is probably a model we should improve, but it's been that way since Swift 1.
>> 
>> Jordan
>> 
>> 
>>> On Sep 6, 2017, at 02:08, Howard Lovatt via swift-users <swift-users at swift.org <mailto:swift-users at swift.org>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi All,
>>> 
>>> I am trying to use a custom operator imported from a module, unfortunately you can't add public to the operators definition and therefore it isn't exported from the module.
>>> 
>>> I can manually redefine the operator in the module where the operator is used, but that isn't very satisfactory - is there a better way?
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> 
>>>   -- Howard.
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> swift-users mailing list
>>> swift-users at swift.org <mailto:swift-users at swift.org>
>>> https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-users <https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-users>
>> 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.swift.org/pipermail/swift-users/attachments/20170906/e77a1eb5/attachment.html>


More information about the swift-users mailing list