Swift 4

We will be taking a look at the two stages in which Swift 4.0 will be developed and what we can expect from that. We will also take a look at the evolution proposals that are awaiting us in Stage 2.

This talk was presented at CocoaHeads NL.

Transcript

1. SWIFT � BAS BROEK @BASTHOMAS 1
2. SWIFT ɣ BAS BROEK @BASTHOMAS 2
3. EXPECTED RELEASE DATE: LATE 2017 3
4. STAGE 1 & 2 4
5. STAGE 1 5
6. STRINGS 6
7. ! 7
8. NO 8
9. STRINGS IN SWIFT 4 RE-EVALUATE THE API1 2 Localization & internationalization itself are planned for Swift 5 1 https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/master/docs/StringManifesto.md 9
10. STRINGS IN SWIFT 4 RE-EVALUATE THE API1 > How to use internationalization API's correctly2 2 Localization & internationalization itself are planned for Swift 5 1 https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/master/docs/StringManifesto.md 9
11. STRINGS IN SWIFT 4 RE-EVALUATE THE API1 > How to use internationalization API's correctly2 > Better unicode support 2 Localization & internationalization itself are planned for Swift 5 1 https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/master/docs/StringManifesto.md 9
12. STRINGS IN SWIFT 4 RE-EVALUATE THE API1 > How to use internationalization API's correctly2 > Better unicode support > No more .characters for most operations 2 Localization & internationalization itself are planned for Swift 5 1 https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/master/docs/StringManifesto.md 9
13. STRINGS IN SWIFT 4 RE-EVALUATE THE API1 > How to use internationalization API's correctly2 > Better unicode support > No more .characters for most operations > Supporting Range in favor of NSRange 2 Localization & internationalization itself are planned for Swift 5 1 https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/master/docs/StringManifesto.md 9
14. STRINGS IN SWIFT 4 RE-EVALUATE THE API1 > How to use internationalization API's correctly2 > Better unicode support > No more .characters for most operations > Supporting Range in favor of NSRange > Improved string interpolation & formatting 2 Localization & internationalization itself are planned for Swift 5 1 https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/master/docs/StringManifesto.md 9
15. STRINGS IN SWIFT 4 RE-EVALUATE THE API1 > How to use internationalization API's correctly2 > Better unicode support > No more .characters for most operations > Supporting Range in favor of NSRange > Improved string interpolation & formatting > Regex 2 Localization & internationalization itself are planned for Swift 5 1 https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/master/docs/StringManifesto.md 9
16. ! 10
17. ! 11
18. WHAT ABOUT SOURCE STABILITY? 12
19. SE-01413 TO THE RESCUE @available(swift 4, *) extension Collection { func index(offset: IndexDistance) -> Index { return index(startIndex, offsetBy: offset) } func offset(of i: Index) -> IndexDistance { return distance(from: startIndex, to: i) } } 3 https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0141-available-by-swift-version.md 13
20. ! 14
21. STAGE 2 "SOME TIME IN SPRING 2017" 15
22. SWIFT-EVOLUTION4 4 https://apple.github.io/swift-evolution/ 16
23. WHAT IS UPON US?5 5 https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/pulls? utf8=✓&q=label%3A%22out%20of%20scope%20for%20current%20release%22 17
24. WHAT IS UPON US?5 > Enforce calling super 5 https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/pulls? utf8=✓&q=label%3A%22out%20of%20scope%20for%20current%20release%22 17
25. WHAT IS UPON US?5 > Enforce calling super > Multi-line string literals 5 https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/pulls? utf8=✓&q=label%3A%22out%20of%20scope%20for%20current%20release%22 17
26. WHAT IS UPON US?5 > Enforce calling super > Multi-line string literals > User-provided warning diagnostics at compile time 5 https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/pulls? utf8=✓&q=label%3A%22out%20of%20scope%20for%20current%20release%22 17
27. WHAT IS UPON US?5 > Enforce calling super > Multi-line string literals > User-provided warning diagnostics at compile time > The pipeline (|>) operator 5 https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/pulls? utf8=✓&q=label%3A%22out%20of%20scope%20for%20current%20release%22 17
28. WHAT IS UPON US?5 > Enforce calling super > Multi-line string literals > User-provided warning diagnostics at compile time > The pipeline (|>) operator > Increased Objective-C & Swift interoperability 5 https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/pulls? utf8=✓&q=label%3A%22out%20of%20scope%20for%20current%20release%22 17
29. WHAT IS UPON US?5 > Enforce calling super > Multi-line string literals > User-provided warning diagnostics at compile time > The pipeline (|>) operator > Increased Objective-C & Swift interoperability > Much more once Stage 2 starts... 5 https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/pulls? utf8=✓&q=label%3A%22out%20of%20scope%20for%20current%20release%22 17
30. AND OF COURSE... 7 https://github.com/swift-server 6 https://lists.swift.org/pipermail/swift-evolution-announce/2017-January/000307.html 18
31. AND OF COURSE... > Swift Package Manager improvements6 7 https://github.com/swift-server 6 https://lists.swift.org/pipermail/swift-evolution-announce/2017-January/000307.html 18
32. AND OF COURSE... > Swift Package Manager improvements6 > Swift on the server7 7 https://github.com/swift-server 6 https://lists.swift.org/pipermail/swift-evolution-announce/2017-January/000307.html 18
33. AND OF COURSE... > Swift Package Manager improvements6 > Swift on the server7 > ??? 7 https://github.com/swift-server 6 https://lists.swift.org/pipermail/swift-evolution-announce/2017-January/000307.html 18
34. WORLD DOMINATION 19
35. @BASTHOMAS @SWIFTLYBRIEF8 8 https://swiftweekly.github.io 20