+1 to all of this. I completely support the proposal now. Thanks, Jon
> On Feb 23, 2017, at 6:05 PM, Ben Cohen via swift-evolution > <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > The core team met and reviewed the discussion of this proposal so far, and > had the following mid-review feedback to relay back to the list: > > Regarding the “Number” protocol: it was felt this is likely to cause > confusion with NSNumber, given the NS-prefix-dropping versions of other > Foundation types indicate a value-typed concrete type equivalent, which this > won’t be. The recommendation is to use “Numeric" instead. > Regarding the question of the trailing argument to distinguish > overflow-checking vs expanding versions of multiplied: rather than add an > enum or use the void trick in order to do this via arguments, it is better to > just distinguish the two functions via different base names. > Regarding restoring the BitwiseOperations protocol – the team feels that the > bitset use case can be modeled with SetAlgebra rather than retaining a > protocol with only bitwise operators. > popcount – although this is a term of art, in general it’s best to avoid > abbreviations, so the suggestion is to rename it populationCount, which also > helps settle whether the “c” should be capitalized and confusion over the > other meaning of “pop". > > - Ben > > >> On Feb 17, 2017, at 5:45 PM, Joe Groff via swift-evolution >> <swift-evolution@swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org>> wrote: >> >> Hello Swift community, >> >> The re-review of SE-0104 "Protocol-oriented integers" begins now and runs >> through February 25, 2017. This proposal was accepted for Swift 3, but was >> not implemented in time for the release. The revised proposal is available >> here: >> >> >> https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0104-improved-integers.md >> >> <https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0104-improved-integers.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 >> <https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution> >> >> or, if you would like to keep your feedback private, directly to the review >> manager. When replying, please try to keep the proposal link at the top of >> the message: >> >> Proposal link: >> >> https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0104-improved-integers.md >> >> <https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0104-improved-integers.md> >> >> Reply text >> >> Other replies >> >> What goes into a review? >> >> The goal of the review process is to improve the proposal under review >> through constructive criticism and, eventually, determine 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 >> <https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/process.md> >> >> Thank you, >> >> -Joe Groff >> Review Manager >> _______________________________________________ >> swift-evolution mailing list >> swift-evolution@swift.org <mailto: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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