> Am 24.03.2016 um 22:40 schrieb Erica Sadun via swift-evolution
> <swift-evolution@swift.org>:
>
>
>> On Mar 24, 2016, at 3:39 PM, Brent Royal-Gordon <br...@architechies.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>> I think this is better modeled in Swift as something like:
>>>>
>>>> let john = (firstName:"John", lastName:"Doe")
>>>> let alice = with(john) {
>>>> $0.firstName = "Alice"
>>>> }
>>>
>>> You can kind of do this now:
>>>
>>> struct Person {
>>> var firstName, lastName: String
>>> }
>>>
>>> func modify<T>(item: T, update: (inout T) -> Void) -> T {
>>> var this = item
>>> update(&this)
>>> return this
>>> }
>>>
>>> let carol: Person = modify(john) {
>>> $0.firstName = "Carol"
>>> }
>>>
>>> print(carol)
>>
>> You *can* do this now. I'm suggesting it be added to Stdlib.
>
> Ah, then that's a "pass it by Dmitri" kind of thing, isn't it?
>
> -- E
I think so. Although there should be a formal proposal.
Regarding the new naming conventions shouldn't it be "modified"?
Kind regards
- Maximilian
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