Re: Protocol extensions returning self

On Feb 4, 2016, at 4:56 PM, Charles Jenkins wrote: Supposedly in a protocol, “Self” is the class implementing the protocol. So it seems to me that extension methods should be able to have a return type of Self so they can return self, and thus have the extension method behave the same as

Protocol extensions returning self

I’m trying to learn how to use protocols and extensions to factor out redundant function bodies. Supposedly in a protocol, “Self” is the class implementing the protocol. So it seems to me that extension methods should be able to have a return type of Self so they can return self, and thus have

Re: Protocol extensions returning self

FYI, the swift-users list is a great place to ask questions about the Swift language (that don’t involve platform APIs.) Lots of expert users there, including Chris Lattner and other members of Apple’s Swift team. https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-users

Re: Protocol extensions returning self

On Feb 4, 2016, at 05:03 , Charles Jenkins wrote: > > am I tilting at a windmill? The problem is that the protocol in unspecific as to what kind of types it can be applied to, and your intentions don’t work if the type is a struct**. In fact, you only apply it to classes