Swiftweekly.github.io: [123] Issue #123 - November 29, 2018

[BasThomas]

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[ghost]

https://forums.swift.org/t/draft-proposal-target-specific-build-settings/18031

[BasThomas]

https://twitter.com/jckarter/status/1063466207028768770

When going out for a night of operator overloading with your friends, always bring a designated type. This proposal could address the infamous "expression too complex" problems with operators in Swift https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-making-expression-type-checking-of-operator-expressions-fast/18037

[BasThomas]

https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0237-contiguous-collection.md
https://forums.swift.org/t/review-of-se-0237-introduce-contiguous-collection-protocols/18069

[BasThomas]

234 in review?

[fassko]

https://forums.swift.org/t/lifting-the-self-or-associated-type-constraint-on-existentials/18025

Lifting the “Self or associated type” constraint on existentials

[fassko]

Cool article by @mattt about new Language Server Protocol (LSP) integrated in VS Code. I think this will open so many doors for Swift to be baked in many other editors. Making it easier to adapt in other platforms than macOS and other developments than iOS.

https://nshipster.com/vscode/

[fassko]

@balestrapatrick taking a deep dive into Swift Benchmark Suite and how to contribute to it.
https://patrickbalestra.com/blog/2018/11/12/contributing-to-the-swift-benchmark-suite.html

[BasThomas]

https://twitter.com/CodaFi_/status/1064969922974019584

I wrote a little about contributing to Swift.

My DMs are open for just this kind of thing. Please ask me questions.

https://forums.swift.org/t/what-should-i-learn-if-i-want-to-contribute-to-the-swift-compiler/18144/4?u=codafi

[fassko]

https://jpsim.com/evaluating-swiftsyntax-for-use-in-swiftlint

tl;dr; Implementing SwiftLint using SwiftSyntax instead of SourceKitten would make it run over 20x slower 😭

https://twitter.com/harlanhaskins/status/1065775499526451200

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[BasThomas]

https://twitter.com/BasThomas/status/1065499801490530304

The video for "Taken For Granted", my presentation on the history of Swift @tryswiftnyc, is now online!

Slides: https://speakerdeck.com/basthomas/taken-for-granted
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePuOrCbIW-o https://twitter.com/BasThomas/status/1065499608145690626/photo/1

[fassko]

Can be a fun one 🙃

https://twitter.com/alexisgallagher/status/1066559309385883648

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[fassko]

https://twitter.com/swift_weekly/status/1067465597880082434

The #Swift team just landed String’s proposed final ABI on master. This ABI includes some significant changes, the primary one being that native Swift strings are stored as UTF-8.

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[jpsim]

That was posted 22 days ago fyi

[BasThomas]

https://twitter.com/NeoNacho/status/1067615287619416064

SE-0238: "Package Manager Target Specific Build Settings" is under review until December 4.
https://forums.swift.org/t/se-0238-package-manager-target-specific-build-settings/18341

[fassko]

Tips and Tricks for Contributing to the Swift Language

https://pspdfkit.com/blog/2018/tips-for-contributing-to-the-swift-language/

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[BasThomas]

https://twitter.com/Catfish_Man/status/1067970653062483968

This String.utf16 speedup from @Ilseman is excellent :D

https://github.com/apple/swift/pull/20848

[BasThomas]

https://forums.swift.org/t/revised-se-0235-add-result-to-the-standard-library/18371