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<p class="MsoNormal">Is there a way I can specify that all integer types conform to MyProtocol without naming them explicitly like this??<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">protocol MyProtocol {} <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">extension String: MyProtocol {} <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">extension Int: MyProtocol {} <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">extension UInt8: MyProtocol {} <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">[…]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I tried the following:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">extension FixedWidthInteger: MyProtocol {}<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">but get “error: extension of protocol 'FixedWidthInteger' cannot have an inheritance clause”.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Frank<o:p></o:p></p>
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