> Pattern binding for optionals will look like: > > if let x? = y { ... }
I suggested precisely this in February. The core team shot it down: > We tried this* and got a lot of negative feedback. Optionals are unwrapped > too often for people to be comfortable writing "if let name? = > optionalCondition". https://lists.swift.org/pipermail/swift-evolution/Week-of-Mon-20160201/008964.html Having said that, this still seems like a good idea to me, but they're the ones with implementation experience; all I have is an elegant idea. -- Brent Royal-Gordon Architechies _______________________________________________ swift-evolution mailing list swift-evolution@swift.org https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution