> On Aug 1, 2017, at 5:49 PM, David Sweeris via swift-evolution 
> <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote:
>> On Aug 1, 2017, at 10:54 AM, Daryle Walker via swift-evolution 
>> <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote:
>> 
>> A tuple can have its members initialized in piecemeal and still satisfy 
>> deterministic initialization. The named types need to do all their 
>> sub-objects' initializations before any designated initializer ends. I want 
>> the former for array instances, not the latter. It’s important for numeric 
>> applications, so math arrays don’t have to be set twice, once for an 
>> arbitrary default and again for the real data.
> 
> Eh? What do you mean by "initialized in piecemeal"? These both give errors:
> let x:(Int, Int) = (0) // something about not being able to convert `Int` to 
> `(Int, Int)`
> let x:(Int, Int) = (0, _) // something about "_" only being allowed in 
> patterns
> 
> Is that what you're talking about?

I think he means that you can do

var x: (Int,Int)
x.0 = 0
x.1 = 1

This is generally not allowed for other aggregates outside of initializers.

John.
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