# Improved compile-time validation for types expressible by integer literals

**URL:** <https://forums.swift.org/t/improved-compile-time-validation-for-types-expressible-by-integer-literals/25765>\
**Category:** Pitches\
**Created:** [June 13, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/improved-compile-time-validation-for-types-expressible-by-integer-literals/25765 "2019-06-13T17:09:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![taylorswift](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/swift/user_avatar/forums.swift.org/taylorswift/32/43413_2.png) [@taylorswift](https://forums.swift.org/u/taylorswift)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/improved-compile-time-validation-for-types-expressible-by-integer-literals/25765/5 "2019-06-13T20:23:28Z")

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worth reading this post over: [SE-0243: Codepoint and Character Literals - #167 by taylorswift](https://forums.swift.org/t/se-0243-codepoint-and-character-literals/21188/167) (ignore the `as` coercion part lol)

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