> On Mar 15, 2016, at 2:29 AM, Ben Rimmington <m...@benrimmington.com> wrote: > > >> On 14 Mar 2016, at 22:30, Dave Abrahams via swift-evolution >> <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: >> >> on Fri Mar 11 2016, Chris Lattner <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: >> >>> This provides syntax that looks like an imperative function call that >>> affects the logical source location at that point in the file. >> >> FWIW, to me it looks like a declarative statement about how the compiler >> should treat the following lines of source. A name beginning with "set" >> would be more imperative, IMO. I like declarative better. > > Alternatives: > > #openVirtualFile(...) > #closeVirtualFile(...) > > #pragma openVirtualFile(...) > #pragma closeVirtualFile(...) > > #if openVirtualFile(...) > #endif > > Reference: > > `Parser::parseLineDirective` > <https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/master/lib/Parse/ParseDecl.cpp#L2618> > > -- Ben
I think maybe my posting wasn't clear. I'm not looking for alternatives, FWIW. I like the resolution *because* it looks declarative to me. _______________________________________________ swift-evolution mailing list swift-evolution@swift.org https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution
