let url = URL(string: "https://example.com")!
let url = #url("https://example.com") Are not that different in length. It really isn't saving you much. I suppose you can try overloading an operator to get something to the effect you want. On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 6:19 PM Micah Hainline via swift-evolution < swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: > Exactly! It's not an earth-shattering pain, but it would be nice to have > clean type safety there. > > > On Dec 16, 2016, at 4:01 PM, Charlie Monroe <char...@charliemonroe.net> > wrote: > > > > > >>> On Dec 16, 2016, at 10:05 PM, Charles Srstka via swift-evolution < > swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: > >>> > >>> On Dec 16, 2016, at 2:46 PM, Micah Hainline via swift-evolution < > swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: > >>> > >>> I would like to be able to create a URL literal that is compile-time > >>> checked for correct format. This would help avoid code like this: > >>> > >>> let url: URL = URL(string: "https://example.com")! > >>> > >>> The cleanest way I can think of doing that would be to introduce a new > >>> macro structure similar to #selector, though I'm open to other ideas. > >>> I would think it should take a quoted literal string to avoid > >>> problems. That would look like this: > >>> > >>> let url: URL = #url("https://example.com") > >>> > >>> What does everyone think of that idea? > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> swift-evolution mailing list > >>> swift-evolution@swift.org > >>> https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution > >> > >> > >> I’d like to see something like that for file path URLs. For something > so commonly used, URL(fileURLWithPath:) is obnoxiously verbose. > >> > >> Charles > > > > Yes, but it's not a nullable initializer. With URL(string:) the > incredible pain is that even compile-time URLs to your own website are > nullable URL? and you need to force-unwrap them. > > > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 >
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