Evolution

Pitches The Pitches category is an area for pitching ideas for evolution of the Swift language prior to a formal review. Announcements This category is for announcements of Swift evolution proposal reviews and results, as well as other administrative announcements. Creation of new topics in this category is by site admins and Swift Core Team members only, although anyone can reply to topics once created. Proposal Reviews This category is for posting Swift Evolution proposals for review and feedback. Discussion The Evolution Discussion category is for general discussion of the evolution of the Swift language.

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
[Pitch] Module selectors Pitches module , swiftinterface	78	2187	July 11, 2025
Pitch: Disable checks for unsafe flags in SwiftPM Pitches packagemanager	23	755	July 9, 2025
SE-0489: Improve EncodingError and DecodingError's printed descriptions Proposal Reviews	13	617	July 11, 2025
[Pitch] Image attachments in Swift Testing Pitches api , swift-testing	12	543	July 7, 2025
[Pitch 3] Custom Main and Global Executors Pitches	10	606	July 4, 2025
[Pitch #2] Add `isKnownIdentical` Method for Quick Comparisons to `Equatable` Pitches	48	1205	June 23, 2025
ST-0011: Issue Handling Traits Proposal Reviews swift-testing	12	528	July 3, 2025
[Pitch #2] Add `isIdentical` Methods for Quick Comparisons to Concrete Types Pitches	22	501	June 18, 2025
Why can't Swift protocols have private properties, and could Swift support access control within protocols? (protocols different roles) Pitches	31	959	June 30, 2025
Automatically Synthesize Identifiable Conformance for Enums Discussion enums , identifiable , synthesis	18	651	July 12, 2025
A minor suggestion to simplify non-isolated related rules Discussion concurrency	22	692	July 3, 2025
[Second Review] SE-0487: Extensible Enums Proposal Reviews	5	426	July 2, 2025
Proposal: Add Secure Memory Management API for Sensitive Data in Swift Pitches security	2	660	June 23, 2025
[Accepted with modifications] SE-0485: OutputSpan: delegate initialization of contiguous memory Announcements	0	224	June 12, 2025
[Pitch] Capturing values in exit tests Pitches api , swift-testing	7	504	June 24, 2025
ST-0012: Capturing Values in Exit Tests Proposal Reviews swift-testing	0	115	July 7, 2025
[Pitch] Add `unprefixed` and `unsuffixed` Naming Options to Attached Macros Pitches macros , attached-macros	2	274	July 3, 2025
[Accepted] SE-0486: Migration tooling for Swift features Announcements	0	248	June 17, 2025
SE-0488: Apply the `extracting()` slicing pattern more widely Proposal Reviews	8	586	July 7, 2025
Swift mentioned latest NSA/CISA publication on memory-safe languages Discussion memory-safety	3	523	June 30, 2025
Why was `ContinuousClock` chosen as the default for `Task.sleep(for:)`? Discussion	0	239	July 11, 2025
[Amendment] SE-0466 Control default actor isolation inference Proposal Reviews	5	362	July 10, 2025
ST-0013: Test Issue Warnings Proposal Reviews swift-testing	2	139	July 11, 2025
Are there any plans we get Swift-dotnet anytime soon? Discussion interoperability	5	453	July 4, 2025
Hidden syntax of `@concurrent` closure? Discussion	2	432	June 20, 2025
[Amendment] SE-0470: Global-actor isolated conformances Proposal Reviews	1	203	July 11, 2025
Context-Aware Scoped Extensions Discussion extension , scope	0	188	June 13, 2025
Where do evolution proposals discuss back-deployment strategy? Discussion	1	186	June 24, 2025