# SE-0290: Unavailability Condition **URL:** \ **Category:** Proposal Reviews\ **Created:** [November 9, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/se-0290-unavailability-condition/41873 "2020-11-09T20:11:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 34
**Author:** ![tkremenek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/swift/user_avatar/forums.swift.org/tkremenek/32/9115_2.png) [@tkremenek](https://forums.swift.org/u/tkremenek)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/se-0290-unavailability-condition/41873/34 "2020-12-03T00:59:00Z")
## Returned for revision Based on this review thread's excellent discussion, the core team has decided to return this review for revision. The core team believes this is a merited addition to the language but that specific details of the proposal (as pointed out in the review thread) need to be addressed. The core team feels that the spelling of `#unavailable`, as opposed to `!#available`, was the preferred path. As pointed out in the review discussion, `#available` is not a general expression. Further, the core team observed that people are likely to say "unavailable" instead of "not available” in conversation — further preferring the `#unavailable` spelling. The review thread also brought up a great insight to have a compiler fix-it for users reaching for `!#available` as the syntax — that would be a great refinement (now or in the future) to the implementation. The proposal needs revision to address the semantics of the `#unavailable` annotation for the platforms that are not specified. The wildcard `*` for `#available` has precise semantics, where `*` indicates the minimum deployment target for the unspecified platforms. The proposal needs to define the semantics for `#unavailable` for the platforms not specified and clearly explain how those semantics compose with the use of `#available` and other `#unavailable` annotations that may decorate a declaration. Once the proposal is revised with those changes, the core team will run a second review of this proposal. Thank you to everyone who participated in this review! The signal from the review was invaluable in gleaming these essential details to consider for this language enhancement. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.swift.org/t/se-0290-unavailability-condition/41873)._