# SE-0476: Controlling the ABI of a function, initializer, property, or subscript **URL:** \ **Category:** Proposal Reviews\ **Tags:** abi, library-evolution\ **Created:** [April 11, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/se-0476-controlling-the-abi-of-a-function-initializer-property-or-subscript/79233 "2025-04-11T15:58:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 12
**Author:** ![hborla](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/swift/user_avatar/forums.swift.org/hborla/32/27563_2.png) [@hborla](https://forums.swift.org/u/hborla)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/se-0476-controlling-the-abi-of-a-function-initializer-property-or-subscript/79233/12 "2025-05-02T21:36:15Z")
Thank you to everyone who participated in this review discussion! The proposal has been **accepted with modifications** : > [@\[Accepted with modifications\] SE-0476: Controlling the ABI of a function, initializer, property, or subscript](https://forums.swift.org/t/accepted-with-modifications-se-0476-controlling-the-abi-of-a-function-initializer-property-or-subscript/79644): > > The [review](https://forums.swift.org/t/se-0476-controlling-the-abi-of-a-function-initializer-property-or-subscript/79233) of [SE-0476: Controlling the ABI of a function, initializer, property, or subscript](https://github.com/swiftlang/swift-evolution/blob/main/proposals/0476-abi-attr.md) ran from April 11 to April 25. The Language Steering Group has decided that the proposal is accepted with modifications. The review feedback was light but overwhelmingly positive! It's clear that this proposal solves a major pain point and source of mistakes for authors of ABI-stable libraries when evolving their API surface. Constructive discussion focused primarily on the syntax for declaring the AB… Holly Borla Review Manager --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.swift.org/t/se-0476-controlling-the-abi-of-a-function-initializer-property-or-subscript/79233)._