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Swift Type Constrained Extensions: Express Yourself

by Matt Long

I admit it. I was pretty down when Swift was announced. I appreciated the finer points of the reasons for it, however, they weren’t convincing–at least not to me–not at first. I denied that it was actually “expressive” as the overall community was referring to it, however, that was before version 2. It’s at the point when the lights went on for me. I am now a convert and this post explains why–at least one of the reasons. The only question I ask now is while you can do some really cool expressive things, should you? You’ll see what I mean if you read on.
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