> On Apr 16, 2016, at 8:48 PM, Chris Lattner via swift-evolution > <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> On Apr 16, 2016, at 10:10 AM, Patrick Gili <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> As an alternative, could we require the parens on the return. For example: >> >> (Int) -> (Float) >> (String) -> () >> () -> () >> () -> (Double) >> >> This looks cleaner, improves consistency, and simplifies the syntax (i.e., >> no need to remember when parens are necessary). > > -1 from me. And the rationale that I provided for this pitch doesn’t support > it: unlike arguments, return types really are just types, they don’t align > with other syntactic productions that have magic argument behavior. > > I’ll write up a formal proposal for more discussion.
Here is the proposal: https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0066-standardize-function-type-syntax.md We can discuss this more when it is scheduled for review. Thanks all, -Chris _______________________________________________ swift-evolution mailing list [email protected] https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution
