> On Mar 23, 2017, at 6:41 AM, Slava Pestov via swift-evolution > <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: > > >> On Mar 22, 2017, at 10:35 PM, Robert Widmann via swift-evolution >> <swift-evolution@swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org>> wrote: >> >> Alternatives considered >> >> Do nothing and continue to accept this implicit conversion. > > One alternative would be to import CFArray as a typealias for NSArray, etc, > erasing the distinction between the two types completely. I did suggest this > to Jordan at one point and he pointed out some problems, but I don’t remember > them now. Hopefully Jordan can chime in.
With CFArray you can create a non-retaining array without creating a weak-wrapper for each object. While it's a less likely scenario, I've used in the past (until I created a weak array to be used in Swift). > > Slava > _______________________________________________ > swift-evolution mailing list > swift-evolution@swift.org > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution
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