# A new keyword that stands in for a tedious initializer of arbitrary length

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**Category:** Pitches\
**Tags:** init, keywords, access-control, synthesis\
**Created:** [September 7, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/a-new-keyword-that-stands-in-for-a-tedious-initializer-of-arbitrary-length/60173 "2022-09-07T23:14:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![xwu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/b487fb/32.png) [@xwu](https://forums.swift.org/u/xwu)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 11:44pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/a-new-keyword-that-stands-in-for-a-tedious-initializer-of-arbitrary-length/60173/2 "2022-09-07T23:44:31Z")

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This is essentially SE-0018, deferred from Swift 3 by the core team over six years ago:

> [@\[Review\] SE-0018 Flexible Memberwise Initialization](https://forums.swift.org/t/review-se-0018-flexible-memberwise-initialization/939):
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> Hello Swift community, The review of "Flexible Memberwise Initialization" begins now and runs through January 10th. The proposal is available here: &nbsp;&nbsp;[swift-evolution/0018-flexible-memberwise-initialization.md at master · apple/swift-evolution · GitHub](https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0018-flexible-memberwise-initialization.md) Reviews are an important part of the Swift evolution process. All reviews should be sent to the swift-evolution mailing list at &nbsp;&nbsp;[https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution](https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution) or, if you would like to keep your feedback private, dir…

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