Same, -1 from me. I’m not saying its a bad idea, just no worth polluting the standard library.
> On 05 May 2016, at 06:06, Chris Lattner via swift-evolution > <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: > > On May 4, 2016, at 1:35 PM, Jordan Rose via swift-evolution > <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: >> -1 from me. We should not introduce two equivalent spellings for the same >> thing. > > I agree with Jordan in this case. I’m aware of the ObjC precedent, but keep > in mind that that precedent was formed in the pre-ANSI-C days. IMO, it is > better to have a single way to specify a concept, rather than two identical > ways. Also, YAGNI :-) > > I agree that we haven’t had a thread on this concept though! > > -Chris > > > >> Jordan >> >> >>> On May 4, 2016, at 12:04, Erica Sadun via swift-evolution >>> <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: >>> >>> I propose adding yes and no to the standard library as aliases for true and >>> false Boolean values. When answering the questions posed by Boolean >>> properties and methods, "yes" and "no" may provide better fits than "true" >>> and "false". "Should this view be hidden?" "Yes!" "Does this collection >>> contain the number 2?" "No!". Objective-C solved this by adding macro >>> equivalents, admittedly with some attendant fuzziness because boolean >>> implementation details allowed non 0/1 truth values. >>> >>> Swift on the other hand has very firm ideas about true and false. Adding >>> yes and no literal aliases would enhance code readability with little cost. >>> There's minimal historic support among languages for yes/no but Swift is an >>> Apple-y kind of language and yes/no is an Apple-y kindness to developers. >>> >>> I performed a gmane search and did not find a previous thread on this >>> subject. >>> >>> -- E >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
