Nil coalescing operator and closures

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Hello there!

Today, I stumbled upon the following error:

typealias ClosureType = () -> Void
        
let closure: ClosureType?
let otherClosure: ClosureType = {}
        
let pickClosure = closure ?? otherClosure
// ERROR: binary operator '??' cannot be applied to operands of type 'ClosureType?' and 'ClosureType' (aka '() -> ()')

Is this a bug or a feature?

Thanks!

Rudolf Adamkovic
R+

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Assuming you've merely omitted the code where you set closure to something and aren’t trying to read a variable before initializing it, I believe it's a bug... Using the "explicit" version works fine:
let closure: Closure? = nil
let otherClosure: Closure = {}
let pickClosure = closure != nil ? closure! : otherClosure

- Dave Sweeris

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On Feb 24, 2016, at 7:37 AM, Rudolf Adamkovič via swift-users <swift-users@swift.org> wrote:

Hello there!

Today, I stumbled upon the following error:

typealias ClosureType = () -> Void
        
let closure: ClosureType?
let otherClosure: ClosureType = {}
        
let pickClosure = closure ?? otherClosure
// ERROR: binary operator '??' cannot be applied to operands of type 'ClosureType?' and 'ClosureType' (aka '() -> ()')

Is this a bug or a feature?

Thanks!

Rudolf Adamkovic
R+

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3

Hello there!

Today, I stumbled upon the following error:

typealias ClosureType = () -> Void
        
let closure: ClosureType?
let otherClosure: ClosureType = {}
        
let pickClosure = closure ?? otherClosure
// ERROR: binary operator '??' cannot be applied to operands of type 'ClosureType?' and 'ClosureType' (aka '() -> ()')

Is this a bug or a feature?

It's a known bug.

-Joe

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On Feb 24, 2016, at 5:37 AM, Rudolf Adamkovič via swift-users <swift-users@swift.org> wrote:

Thanks!

Rudolf Adamkovic
R+

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Thanks for letting me know!

R+

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On 24 Feb 2016, at 18:54, Joe Groff <jgroff@apple.com> wrote:

On Feb 24, 2016, at 5:37 AM, Rudolf Adamkovič via swift-users <swift-users@swift.org> wrote:

Hello there!

Today, I stumbled upon the following error:

typealias ClosureType = () -> Void
        
let closure: ClosureType?
let otherClosure: ClosureType = {}
        
let pickClosure = closure ?? otherClosure
// ERROR: binary operator '??' cannot be applied to operands of type 'ClosureType?' and 'ClosureType' (aka '() -> ()')

Is this a bug or a feature?

It's a known bug.

-Joe

Thanks!

Rudolf Adamkovic
R+

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