Introduce AnonymousKeyPath In this evolution pitch from the Swift forums, Shai Mishali suggests the introduction of a new kind of KeyPath - AnonymousKeyPath. The idea here is that the key path can be used without knowing the Root of the KeyPath, but rather only the Value constrained to it. Although it's an interesting suggestion, the discussion that follows the pitch indicates that the problem it solves can be solved in other, more effective ways. Posted on July 9, 2020 #evolution #keypath
Static Thread Safety This is an interesting Swift evolution draft proposal. In it, Guy Brooker proposes some small language changes which would allow the Swift compiler to spot basic concurrent programming errors. I like the syntax Guy proposes for specifying execution context. Posted on June 20, 2020 #evolution #concurrency
Swift Evolution - Add Result to the Standard Library Result is a type commonly used for manual propagation and handling of errors within the Swift community. This Swift evolution proposal seeks to add a generic Result type to the Swift standard library. It’s currently in review 🤞🏽. Posted on November 23, 2018 #evolution #result
New LSP language service supporting Swift and C-family languages for any editor and platform On the official Swift forums, Argyrios Kyrtzidis announces that Apple are going to start a new open-source project for a Swift and C-family language service based on the Language Server Protocol. What this means is that they will focus on building common infrastructure that can be shared by Xcode and other editors such as Atom or Sublime Text. Posted on October 17, 2018 #evolution #apple
Swift Evolution - Fix ExpressibleByStringInterpolation This is a really cool Swift language evolution proposal which proposes a new design for the ExpressibleByStringInterpolation protocol. Due to issues with the original implementation of this protocol, it was deprecated. The new design aims to address these issues, and add new capabilities to string interpolation. Posted on October 10, 2018 #string #interpolation #evolution
Swift 5.0 Release Process On the official Swift blog, Ted Kremenek outlines the goals, release process, and estimated schedule for Swift 5. The primary goal of the next major release is achieving application binary interface stability, meaning Swift code compiled against different Swift compiler versions will be able to interoperate. Posted on September 28, 2018 #swift5 #evolution
Evolution- Default Implementation In Protocols Alejandro Alonso has been working on a Swift language change to allow default method implementations in protocol definitions. This thread is a discussion among community members of the pros and cons of this proposal. Posted on September 9, 2018 #evolution #protocol
Kickstarting new official Docker support for Swift Haris Amin has started a thread on the official Swift forum outlining a plan to support an official Swift Docker image. Docket is software which allows people to get started and experiment with container-based software. Great to see. Posted on August 27, 2018 #forum #evolution
Swift Evolution - Plan for module stability In this post on the official Swift forum, Jordan Rose outlines the proposed solution for ABI stability, which is something we should get when Swift 5 arrives. This is something a lot of people in the community are looking forward to, and it’s really interesting to see how it might be achieved. Posted on July 28, 2018 #evolution #abi #stability
Retroactive Conformances vs. Swift-in-the-OS This is an interesting Swift evolution discussion started by Jordan Rose which looks at problems encountered when retroactively conforming a type to a protocol. Jordan first describes the problems before proposing a rule which might help to avoid them. Posted on July 21, 2018 #evolution #protocol #module