# 10 years on, what would you change about Swift?

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**Created:** [May 9, 2024, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/10-years-on-what-would-you-change-about-swift/71716 "2024-05-09T08:38:56Z")\
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I wish there were reserved optimization cycles to improve compiler stability and compilation speed. I've spent too much time in slow compilation and restarting Xcode to get language server back on track.

I like using `extension` to split type implementation, but it does not compose with inheritance.

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