I would still prefer a global function; because the output is from reflection, it’s really more for debugging purposes than actually serialising something.
But any change to this gets a +1 from me. It’s too easy to accidentally call this instead of one of the other argument-less initialisers on String. Karl > On 18 May 2016, at 05:32, Chris Lattner via swift-evolution > <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: > > Hello Swift community, > > The review of "SE-0089: Renaming String.init<T>(_: T)" begins now and runs > through May 23. The proposal is available here: > > > https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0089-rename-string-reflection-init.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 contribute to 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 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 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