Swiftweekly.github.io: [160] Issue #160 - May 21, 2020

[BasThomas]

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[fassko]

RFC: Policies for Swift Platform Development

https://forums.swift.org/t/rfc-policies-for-swift-platform-development/36257

[fassko]

Funny one https://twitter.com/jnadeau/status/1258881304268963845

[BasThomas]

https://twitter.com/jckarter/status/1258842881852190720

A cool utility from @mikeash that can attach to running Swift process and inspect/debug the runtime's behavior: https://github.com/apple/swift/pull/31468

[fassko]

About the Swift Composable Architecture category

https://forums.swift.org/t/about-the-swift-composable-architecture-category/36406

https://forums.swift.org/t/subscriptions/36417

[fassko]

SE-0279 and variadic parameters

https://forums.swift.org/t/se-0279-and-variadic-parameters/36410

[jpsim]

The Swift Package Manager can now optionally use the new swift-driver, making it much easier now to try it out for your own projects. https://github.com/apple/swift-package-manager/pull/2736

https://twitter.com/simjp/status/1260596043147689985

[fassko]

Swift on Server Workgroup meeting notes

April 15th, 2020 https://forums.swift.org/t/april-15th-2020/36448
April 29th, 2020 https://forums.swift.org/t/april-29th-2020/36444

[fassko]

CVE-2020-9840: SwiftNIO Extras: Denial of Service Vulnerability in NIOHTTPRequest/ResponseDecompressor

https://forums.swift.org/t/cve-2020-9840-swiftnio-extras-denial-of-service-vulnerability-in-niohttprequest-responsedecompressor/36435

[fassko]

https://forums.swift.org/t/whats-new-in-swift-5-3/36508

https://theswiftdev.com/whats-new-in-swift-5-3/

[fassko]

Safe Random Access Collection Element

https://forums.swift.org/t/safe-random-access-collection-element/36509/7

[fassko]

https://www.timc.dev/posts/future-of-server-side-swift/

https://twitter.com/0xTim/status/1261310804651106305

[fassko]

[PITCH] Enable Test Discovery by Default

https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-enable-test-discovery-by-default/36619

[fassko]

Metrics Extras

https://forums.swift.org/t/metrics-extras/36616

[BasThomas]

283 accepted https://forums.swift.org/t/accepted-se-0283-tuples-conform-to-equatable-comparable-and-hashable/36658

[fassko]

Adding firstAs() to Sequence

https://forums.swift.org/t/adding-firstas-to-sequence/36665

[fassko]

Interesting discussion about ->

Use -> instead of curly braces for Single expression bodied property getters, subscripted getters and functions

https://forums.swift.org/t/use-instead-of-curly-braces-for-single-expression-bodied-property-getters-subscripted-getters-and-functions/36676

[fassko]

Pitch 2: Cross-import overlays

https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-2-cross-import-overlays/36710

[fassko]

Introducing Gryphon, the Swift to Kotlin translator

https://forums.swift.org/t/introducing-gryphon-the-swift-to-kotlin-translator/36707

[fassko]

https://twitter.com/mishaldshah/status/1263227537015975937