3.0 if-var workaround construction question

My new linter picked up the following as a problem for Swift 3.0, because of my interpretation of the rules in https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0003-remove-var-parameters-patterns.md

    if var testStream = OutputStream(path: aPath) {
        print("Testing custom output", toStream: &testStream)
        print("Hello ", terminator: "", toStream: &testStream)
        print("World", toStream: &testStream)
        print("Output sent to \(testStream.path)")
    } else {
        print("Failed to create custom output")
    }

Am I right in assuming this construction will not compile in Swift 3.0? And if so, how should I best recommend re-configuration. I assume the preferred route would be either:

    if let outputStream = OutputStream(path: aPath) {
        var testStream = outputStream
        print("Testing custom output", toStream: &testStream)
        print("Hello ", terminator: "", toStream: &testStream)
        print("World", toStream: &testStream)
        print("Output sent to \(testStream.path)")
    } else {
        print("Failed to create custom output")
    }

Or using shadowing to mimics the "if let x = x" pattern that has become conventional:

    if let outputStream = OutputStream(path: aPath) {
        var outputStream = outputStream
        print("Testing custom output", toStream: &outputStream)
        print("Hello ", terminator: "", toStream: &outputStream)
        print("World", toStream: &outputStream)
        print("Output sent to \(outputStream.path)")
    } else {
        print("Failed to create custom output")
    }

Thanks in advance for insight.

-- E

Yeah, declaring the `var` immediately inside the `if` block is equivalent to the deprecated `if var` form.

-Joe

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On Dec 17, 2015, at 10:32 AM, Erica Sadun via swift-evolution <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote:

My new linter picked up the following as a problem for Swift 3.0, because of my interpretation of the rules in https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0003-remove-var-parameters-patterns.md

    if var testStream = OutputStream(path: aPath) {
        print("Testing custom output", toStream: &testStream)
        print("Hello ", terminator: "", toStream: &testStream)
        print("World", toStream: &testStream)
        print("Output sent to \(testStream.path)")
    } else {
        print("Failed to create custom output")
    }

Am I right in assuming this construction will not compile in Swift 3.0? And if so, how should I best recommend re-configuration. I assume the preferred route would be either:

    if let outputStream = OutputStream(path: aPath) {
        var testStream = outputStream
        print("Testing custom output", toStream: &testStream)
        print("Hello ", terminator: "", toStream: &testStream)
        print("World", toStream: &testStream)
        print("Output sent to \(testStream.path)")
    } else {
        print("Failed to create custom output")
    }

Or using shadowing to mimics the "if let x = x" pattern that has become conventional:

    if let outputStream = OutputStream(path: aPath) {
        var outputStream = outputStream
        print("Testing custom output", toStream: &outputStream)
        print("Hello ", terminator: "", toStream: &outputStream)
        print("World", toStream: &outputStream)
        print("Output sent to \(outputStream.path)")
    } else {
        print("Failed to create custom output")
    }

Thanks in advance for insight.

-- E

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That’s a bummer. :(

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On Dec 17, 2015, at 10:35 AM, Joe Groff via swift-evolution <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote:

Yeah, declaring the `var` immediately inside the `if` block is equivalent to the deprecated `if var` form.

-Joe

On Dec 17, 2015, at 10:32 AM, Erica Sadun via swift-evolution <swift-evolution@swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org>> wrote:

My new linter picked up the following as a problem for Swift 3.0, because of my interpretation of the rules in https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0003-remove-var-parameters-patterns.md

    if var testStream = OutputStream(path: aPath) {
        print("Testing custom output", toStream: &testStream)
        print("Hello ", terminator: "", toStream: &testStream)
        print("World", toStream: &testStream)
        print("Output sent to \(testStream.path)")
    } else {
        print("Failed to create custom output")
    }

Am I right in assuming this construction will not compile in Swift 3.0? And if so, how should I best recommend re-configuration. I assume the preferred route would be either:

    if let outputStream = OutputStream(path: aPath) {
        var testStream = outputStream
        print("Testing custom output", toStream: &testStream)
        print("Hello ", terminator: "", toStream: &testStream)
        print("World", toStream: &testStream)
        print("Output sent to \(testStream.path)")
    } else {
        print("Failed to create custom output")
    }

Or using shadowing to mimics the "if let x = x" pattern that has become conventional:

    if let outputStream = OutputStream(path: aPath) {
        var outputStream = outputStream
        print("Testing custom output", toStream: &outputStream)
        print("Hello ", terminator: "", toStream: &outputStream)
        print("World", toStream: &outputStream)
        print("Output sent to \(outputStream.path)")
    } else {
        print("Failed to create custom output")
    }

Thanks in advance for insight.

-- E

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    if var testStream = OutputStream(path: aPath) {
        print("Testing custom output", toStream: &testStream)

What sticks out to me here is, why is OutputStream a value type at all? Does it have some sensible copying behavior? It looks like an OutputStream more or less represents an open file, which seems like a perfect use case for a reference type.

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Brent Royal-Gordon
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One reason is that we wanted to be able to use a String as an OutputStream.

-Dave

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On Dec 18, 2015, at 5:53 AM, Brent Royal-Gordon via swift-evolution <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote:

   if var testStream = OutputStream(path: aPath) {
       print("Testing custom output", toStream: &testStream)

What sticks out to me here is, why is OutputStream a value type at all? Does it have some sensible copying behavior? It looks like an OutputStream more or less represents an open file, which seems like a perfect use case for a reference type.