# \[Pitch\] InlineArray type sugar

**URL:** <https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-inlinearray-type-sugar/79142>\
**Category:** Pitches\
**Created:** [April 7, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-inlinearray-type-sugar/79142 "2025-04-07T18:47:31Z")\
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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:** [April 10, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-inlinearray-type-sugar/79142/77 "2025-04-10T17:40:52Z")

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> [@Pippin](#):
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> Should we be taking into consideration the future of bare meta types?

It is not just future—it is also past and present (SE-0090, reviewed 2016, deferred from Swift 3, returned for revision).

> [@\[Deferred\] SE-0090: Remove .self and freely allow type references in expressions](https://forums.swift.org/t/deferred-se-0090-remove-self-and-freely-allow-type-references-in-expressions/2781/1):
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> The community and core team all want this proposal (or something like it) to succeed, but the core team identified several serious implementation concerns with the proposal

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