The Swift Language Guide and Reference lack an index

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Hi all!
I believe that any good technical book must have an index, but I can not find anything similar in the Language Guide and Language Reference. This is very frustrating because it makes them much harder to read and use as a reference. Is there any chance they get it eventually?

Thanks,
Aleksandr

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Have you tried using a search engine or ⌘F? The following is a valid Google search query:

"optional chaining" site:https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/
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For the reference portion of the book, you can use the grammar summary as a sort of index. If you have a local copy of the ePub version, you could grep through it to find terms and such.

Otherwise, suggestions like yours are a good candidate for Feedback Assistant.

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It's an epub or website aka a digital record. Apple's Books app could search an epub and Google could search a website. I don't think any digital records need an index as long as you could search the content of it.

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Thank you all. I've got it. I'd yet rather have an index, but it maybe I'm wrong.

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I'd yet rather have an index, but it maybe I'm wrong.

You’re not wrong. A good-quality human-authored index is a very valuable tool. It’s also a lot of work. I’m going to reiterate Kyle Murray’s earlier advice: You should file an enhancement request for this.

Please post your bug number, just for the record.

Share and Enjoy

Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ DTS @ Apple

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Hi eskimo! Glad to see you here also.
Here is my request's id: FB6813949