[swift-users] Why does the withUnsafeMutableBufferPointer closure take an inout parameter?

[Geordie Jay]

Guillaume Lessard via swift-users <swift-users at swift.org> schrieb am Mi.
11. Okt. 2017 um 23:49:

> A lot of the MutableCollection implementation is in protocol extensions
> (swapAt, for example.)
>
> Should an additional version be written just for the Unsafe*BufferPointer
> types?


Makes sense to me, given the examples above. It doesn’t seem to be a high
priority task though, and one one suited to a contributor pull request
rather than taking resources away from the core team.

Would this kind of change need to go through swift evolution or is it a “no
brainer”?

Geordie


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