Okay, great. That makes sense, thanks for clarifying Chris. -Colin (via thumbs)
> On Mar 25, 2016, at 12:35 AM, Chris Lattner <clatt...@apple.com> wrote: > > >> On Mar 24, 2016, at 11:09 AM, Colin Barrett via swift-evolution >> <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: >> >> The proposal is unclear to me in what it is, er, proposing. The motivation >> section speaks about allow `let` to be used as argument label, but the >> proposed solution says that func foo(let x: Int) { … } would be an error. >> That seems like it’s contrary to the motivations of the proposal. > > The proposal is simply that "func foo(let x: Int) { … }” be disallowed, since > it is redundant with "func foo(x: Int) { … }”. In terms of taking back “let” > as a parameter label, this only makes sense in the future, when we give up on > migration of the former into the later. > > At that point, let could conceivably be used as an external label, as in > "foo(let: 42)”. This would make the language simpler and more consistent, > since we allow other keywords there. > > -Chris > >> >> -Colin >> >>> On Mar 24, 2016, at 2:00 PM, Chris Lattner <clatt...@apple.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hello Swift community, >>> >>> The review of "Remove explicit use of let from Function Parameters" begins >>> now and runs through March 27th. The proposal is available here: >>> >>> >>> https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0053-remove-let-from-function-parameters.md >>> >>> Reviews are an important part of the Swift evolution process. All reviews >>> should be sent to the swift-evolution mailing list at: >>> https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution >>> or, if you would like to keep your feedback private, directly to the review >>> manager. >>> >>> >>> What goes into a review? >>> >>> The goal of the review process is to improve the proposal under review >>> through constructive criticism and, eventually, determine the direction of >>> Swift. When writing your review, here are some questions you might want to >>> answer in your review: >>> >>> * What is your evaluation of the proposal? >>> * Is the problem being addressed significant enough to warrant a change >>> to Swift? >>> * Does this proposal fit well with the feel and direction of Swift? >>> * If you have you used other languages or libraries with a similar >>> feature, how do you feel that this proposal compares to those? >>> * How much effort did you put into your review? A glance, a quick >>> reading, or an in-depth study? >>> >>> More information about the Swift evolution process is available at >>> >>> https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/process.md >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> -Chris Lattner >>> Review Manager >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> swift-evolution-announce mailing list >>> swift-evolution-annou...@swift.org >>> https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution-announce >> >> _______________________________________________ >> swift-evolution mailing list >> swift-evolution@swift.org >> https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution > _______________________________________________ swift-evolution mailing list swift-evolution@swift.org https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution