> On 18 Dec 2015, at 03:27, Matthew Johnson via swift-evolution
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Swift currently offers dot shorthand for static members of type Self in type
> contexts expecting a value of the type in question. This is most commonly
> used with enum cases.
>
> Swift does not currently offer shorthand for instance members. Introducing a
> shorthand for instance members would improve clarity and readability of code
> in common cases:
>
> anArray.map{$0.anInstanceMethod()}
>
> becomes:
>
> anArray.map(.anInstanceMethod())
>
> This shorthand would work in typing contexts expecting a single argument
> function. It would allow abbreviated access to any visible instance property
> getter or instance method on the type of the argument. Of course the return
> type would need to match the return type expected by the context or a type
> mismatch compiler error would occur.
>
> The readability advantage is arguably small but it does exist. The feature
> also aligns very well with an existing language feature.
>
> I think it’s an interesting idea and am wondering whether others feel like it
> is something worth pursuing or not.
>
> Matthew
I’d be interested to hear peoples thoughts regarding this proposal. I’m
personally in favour, but perhaps there are potential issues with the
suggestion?
It’s only a small visual change, but I think it is a syntactic improvement.
Let’s pretend for a moment that the current syntax was:
anArray.map(.anInstanceMethod())
I’m not sure many people would argue for it to be changed to:
anArray.map { $0.anInstanceMethod() }
Al
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