Swift Beta 4 Updates

Superb list of updates from Apple, here's a summary

  • Access control: Private (same file), Internal (same module, default), Public (anyone)
  • Improvement to range iteration (stride()). More to come in subsequent releases
  • final, lazy, optional and required all lose the @ prefix, more to come later
  • Comment "landmarks" //TODO: //MARK: //FIXME: also listed in the jump bar
  • Fixes to unicode string iteration (phew)
  • Complete Swift language supported in REPL

There's some more, but these are the real highlights. I have to be honest, best update yet. Love how this language is evolving and maturing in front of us. 

 

Comment

Swift Studies

Nigel has been developing software for over 30 years. Starting with the ZX Spectrum and moving through the Commodore 64, Amiga, the Windows PC area and for the last 6 years the Mac.