<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">For a friend:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This won't work.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><font face="Menlo" class="">class DerpController {</font></div><div class=""><font face="Menlo" class=""> private(set) var derp: Bool = {</font></div><div class=""><font face="Menlo" class=""> return _findDerp() != nil</font></div><div class=""><font face="Menlo" class=""> }()</font></div><div class=""><font face="Menlo" class=""> </font></div><div class=""><font face="Menlo" class=""> private func _findDerp() -> AnyObject? {</font></div><div class=""><font face="Menlo" class=""> return nil</font></div><div class=""><font face="Menlo" class=""> }</font></div><div class=""><font face="Menlo" class="">}</font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">but this works:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><font face="Menlo" class="">private func _findDerp() -> AnyObject? {</font></div><div class=""><font face="Menlo" class=""> return nil</font></div><div class=""><font face="Menlo" class="">}</font></div><div class=""><font face="Menlo" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Menlo" class="">class DerpController {</font></div><div class=""><font face="Menlo" class=""> private(set) var derp: Bool = {</font></div><div class=""><font face="Menlo" class=""> return _findDerp() != nil</font></div><div class=""><font face="Menlo" class=""> }()</font></div><div class=""><font face="Menlo" class=""> </font></div><div class=""><font face="Menlo" class="">}</font></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Is it because the var member cannot depend on another member during setup? Thanks in advance for insight.</div></body></html>