Note under the latest floating point and integer protocol proposals the operators you outlined are basically overlays of the protocol functions even abs is replaced with magnitude on a protocol. Sorry not in a situation to link out to the proposals.
On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 7:51 AM Brad Hilton via swift-evolution < swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: > > What is your evaluation of the proposal? > I think it’s good to have this functionality in the standard library, but > it seems a bit inconsistent with other Swift math operators which are > declared as global functions such as abs, max, +, -, /, *, %, etc. > > Is the problem being addressed significant enough to warrant a change to > Swift? > Yes, I believe that it would be useful to have these methods. > > Does this proposal fit well with the feel and direction of Swift? > As I mentioned before, it seems to be a departure from Swift’s other math > operators. I think global functions such as floor(), ceil() and round() > would be more consistent. > > > Hello Swift community, > > > > The review of "SE-0113: Add integral rounding functions to > FloatingPoint" begins now and runs through July 5. The proposal is > available here: > > > > > https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0113-rounding-functions-on-floatingpoint.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 >
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