<html><head><style>body{font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px}</style></head><body style="word-wrap:break-word"><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0);margin:0px;line-height:auto">Hi,</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0);margin:0px;line-height:auto"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0);margin:0px;line-height:auto">I have a library which uses a few generic protocols with identically named associated types that may not always be specified identically by implementors.</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0);margin:0px;line-height:auto"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0);margin:0px;line-height:auto"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>protocol Foo {</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0);margin:0px;line-height:auto"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>associatedtype Container</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0);margin:0px;line-height:auto"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>associatedtype Element</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0);margin:0px;line-height:auto"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>}</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0);margin:0px;line-height:auto"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0);margin:0px;line-height:auto"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>protocol Bar {</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0);margin:0px;line-height:auto"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>associatedtype Container</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0);margin:0px;line-height:auto"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>associatedtype Element</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0);margin:0px;line-height:auto"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>}</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0);margin:0px;line-height:auto"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0);margin:0px;line-height:auto"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>struct Baz: Foo, Bar {</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0);margin:0px;line-height:auto"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>// Implement using two different Container/Element types.</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0);margin:0px;line-height:auto"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>}</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0);margin:0px;line-height:auto"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0);margin:0px;line-height:auto">Is there a consensus on some naming convention for associatedtypes to mitigate name collisions?</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0);margin:0px;line-height:auto">Would it be acceptable to add namespace prefixes to these types?</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0);margin:0px;line-height:auto"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0);margin:0px;line-height:auto"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>protocol Foo {</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>associatedtype FooContainer</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>associatedtype FooElement</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>}</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px">I’m using the dictionary and thesaurus to find some alternative names I could use, but the ones already used are so the most sensical semantically.</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px">Do you have any suggestions?</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px">Thanks, </div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin:0px">- Steve Brunwasser</div></body></html>