# \`if let\` shorthand

**URL:** <https://forums.swift.org/t/if-let-shorthand/54230>\
**Category:** Pitches\
**Created:** [December 22, 2021, 10:23pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/if-let-shorthand/54230 "2021-12-22T22:23:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 23, 2021, 7:57pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/if-let-shorthand/54230/39 "2021-12-23T19:57:16Z")

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@cal

Happy to see this going forward.  
Because I never omit type declaration, may I ask if this expression allowed with current implementation?

```swift
var someLengthyVariableName: SomeLengthyTypeName?

if let someLengthyVariableName: SomeLengthyTypeName {
    ...
}

```

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