# \[Accepted\] SE-0460: Explicit Specialization

**URL:** <https://forums.swift.org/t/accepted-se-0460-explicit-specialization/78583>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Created:** [March 17, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/accepted-se-0460-explicit-specialization/78583 "2025-03-17T19:56:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![scanon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/swift/user_avatar/forums.swift.org/scanon/32/2445_2.png) [@scanon](https://forums.swift.org/u/scanon)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/accepted-se-0460-explicit-specialization/78583/1 "2025-03-17T19:56:59Z")

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Hello, Swift community.

The [review](https://forums.swift.org/t/se-0460-explicit-specialization/77541) of [SE-0460: Explicit Specialization](https://github.com/swiftlang/swift-evolution/blob/main/proposals/0460-specialized.md) ran through February 11th, 2025.

Feedback on the review was light but positive. During the discussion of the proposal, a question was raised about the interaction of explicit specialization with integer generic parameters, and it took us a little while to sort through what the desired behavior was. We have decided that **specialization is defined to work with integer generic parameters** , but code that does so currently does not compile due to a compiler bug. The author intends to fix that bug, but we have decided to **accept** the proposal now.

I'd like to thank the reviewers for taking the time to read the proposal, ask questions, and leave feedback on this proposal; it may not seem like much, but these contributions are a vital part of ensuring the quality of the language.

Steve Canon  
Review Manager

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**Author:** ![jaredgrubb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/swift/user_avatar/forums.swift.org/jaredgrubb/32/22714_2.png) [@jaredgrubb](https://forums.swift.org/u/jaredgrubb)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 5:18pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/accepted-se-0460-explicit-specialization/78583/2 "2026-03-14T17:18:37Z")

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Did this ship in Swift 6.3? The SE says “Implemented (Swift Next)” but I think that is stale?

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**Author:** ![Douglas\_Gregor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/swift/user_avatar/forums.swift.org/douglas_gregor/32/1362_2.png) [@Douglas\_Gregor](https://forums.swift.org/u/Douglas_Gregor)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/accepted-se-0460-explicit-specialization/78583/3 "2026-03-16T20:57:38Z")

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Yes, it was in 6.3. I've [fixed it](https://github.com/swiftlang/swift-evolution/pull/3189), thanks.

Doug