1

Hi everyone,

I'm not sure if there's a more appropriate place to ask this question, but I figured at the very least I could get pointed in the right direction. I've tried searching online and haven't been able to find anything addressing this.

I was trying to use the `defer` statement in a Playground, and was surprised to find that it never prints anything in the preview pane on the side. I was expecting the evaluation of the code in the `defer` statement to show up in line with the statements, even though they're executed after the last line in the function. I made a very simple playground that modifies a global variable and prints the value in the `defer` statement, and when I print the global variable after calling my function it shows the correct updated value, so the code in the `defer` statement is getting run as expected. Here's my sample code with the Playground output in comments on the side:

var x = 3 // 3
func doSomething() {
   print(1) // "1\n"
   defer {
       x += 1
       print(x)
   }
   print(2) // "2\n"
}
doSomething()
print(x) // "4\n"

I was expecting something like this:

var x = 3 // 3
func doSomething() {
   print(1) // "1\n"
   defer {
       x += 1 // 4
       print(x) // "4\n"
   }
   print(2) // "2\n"
}
doSomething()
print(x) // "4\n"

Is there some deep reason why code in `defer` statements doesn't show anything in the preview pane in Playgrounds?

-Joe

Defer.playground.zip (11.5 KB)

2

I’d say that’s a bug! Mind filing it at https://bugs.swift.org <Issues · apple/swift · GitHub; ?

Thanks,
Jordan

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On Aug 4, 2017, at 12:41, Joe DeCapo via swift-users <swift-users@swift.org> wrote:

Hi everyone,

I'm not sure if there's a more appropriate place to ask this question, but I figured at the very least I could get pointed in the right direction. I've tried searching online and haven't been able to find anything addressing this.

I was trying to use the `defer` statement in a Playground, and was surprised to find that it never prints anything in the preview pane on the side. I was expecting the evaluation of the code in the `defer` statement to show up in line with the statements, even though they're executed after the last line in the function. I made a very simple playground that modifies a global variable and prints the value in the `defer` statement, and when I print the global variable after calling my function it shows the correct updated value, so the code in the `defer` statement is getting run as expected. Here's my sample code with the Playground output in comments on the side:

var x = 3 // 3
func doSomething() {
  print(1) // "1\n"
  defer {
      x += 1
      print(x)
  }
  print(2) // "2\n"
}
doSomething()
print(x) // "4\n"

I was expecting something like this:

var x = 3 // 3
func doSomething() {
  print(1) // "1\n"
  defer {
      x += 1 // 4
      print(x) // "4\n"
  }
  print(2) // "2\n"
}
doSomething()
print(x) // "4\n"

Is there some deep reason why code in `defer` statements doesn't show anything in the preview pane in Playgrounds?

-Joe

<Defer.playground>

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3

Since it's Playground bug, should I file it in Apple's bug reporter rather than Swift's?

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On Aug 7, 2017, at 3:12 PM, Jordan Rose <jordan_rose@apple.com> wrote:

I’d say that’s a bug! Mind filing it at https://bugs.swift.org ?

Thanks,
Jordan

On Aug 4, 2017, at 12:41, Joe DeCapo via swift-users <swift-users@swift.org> wrote:

Hi everyone,

I'm not sure if there's a more appropriate place to ask this question, but I figured at the very least I could get pointed in the right direction. I've tried searching online and haven't been able to find anything addressing this.

I was trying to use the `defer` statement in a Playground, and was surprised to find that it never prints anything in the preview pane on the side. I was expecting the evaluation of the code in the `defer` statement to show up in line with the statements, even though they're executed after the last line in the function. I made a very simple playground that modifies a global variable and prints the value in the `defer` statement, and when I print the global variable after calling my function it shows the correct updated value, so the code in the `defer` statement is getting run as expected. Here's my sample code with the Playground output in comments on the side:

var x = 3 // 3
func doSomething() {
  print(1) // "1\n"
  defer {
      x += 1
      print(x)
  }
  print(2) // "2\n"
}
doSomething()
print(x) // "4\n"

I was expecting something like this:

var x = 3 // 3
func doSomething() {
  print(1) // "1\n"
  defer {
      x += 1 // 4
      print(x) // "4\n"
  }
  print(2) // "2\n"
}
doSomething()
print(x) // "4\n"

Is there some deep reason why code in `defer` statements doesn't show anything in the preview pane in Playgrounds?

-Joe

<Defer.playground>

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4

Either way is fine. I suspect this is a bug with the transformation the Swift compiler performs when compiling for a playground, rather than with the machinery that goes with running the playground, but I haven’t looked into it.

Jordan

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On Aug 7, 2017, at 13:22, Joe DeCapo <snoogansbc@gmail.com> wrote:

Since it's Playground bug, should I file it in Apple's bug reporter rather than Swift's?

On Aug 7, 2017, at 3:12 PM, Jordan Rose <jordan_rose@apple.com> wrote:

I’d say that’s a bug! Mind filing it at https://bugs.swift.org ?

Thanks,
Jordan

On Aug 4, 2017, at 12:41, Joe DeCapo via swift-users <swift-users@swift.org> wrote:

Hi everyone,

I'm not sure if there's a more appropriate place to ask this question, but I figured at the very least I could get pointed in the right direction. I've tried searching online and haven't been able to find anything addressing this.

I was trying to use the `defer` statement in a Playground, and was surprised to find that it never prints anything in the preview pane on the side. I was expecting the evaluation of the code in the `defer` statement to show up in line with the statements, even though they're executed after the last line in the function. I made a very simple playground that modifies a global variable and prints the value in the `defer` statement, and when I print the global variable after calling my function it shows the correct updated value, so the code in the `defer` statement is getting run as expected. Here's my sample code with the Playground output in comments on the side:

var x = 3 // 3
func doSomething() {
print(1) // "1\n"
defer {
     x += 1
     print(x)
}
print(2) // "2\n"
}
doSomething()
print(x) // "4\n"

I was expecting something like this:

var x = 3 // 3
func doSomething() {
print(1) // "1\n"
defer {
     x += 1 // 4
     print(x) // "4\n"
}
print(2) // "2\n"
}
doSomething()
print(x) // "4\n"

Is there some deep reason why code in `defer` statements doesn't show anything in the preview pane in Playgrounds?

-Joe

<Defer.playground>

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Ok, cool. Thanks for the response. I'll file it in the Swift bug tracker.

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On Aug 7, 2017, at 3:23 PM, Jordan Rose <jordan_rose@apple.com> wrote:

Either way is fine. I suspect this is a bug with the transformation the Swift compiler performs when compiling for a playground, rather than with the machinery that goes with running the playground, but I haven’t looked into it.

Jordan

On Aug 7, 2017, at 13:22, Joe DeCapo <snoogansbc@gmail.com> wrote:

Since it's Playground bug, should I file it in Apple's bug reporter rather than Swift's?

On Aug 7, 2017, at 3:12 PM, Jordan Rose <jordan_rose@apple.com> wrote:

I’d say that’s a bug! Mind filing it at https://bugs.swift.org ?

Thanks,
Jordan

On Aug 4, 2017, at 12:41, Joe DeCapo via swift-users <swift-users@swift.org> wrote:

Hi everyone,

I'm not sure if there's a more appropriate place to ask this question, but I figured at the very least I could get pointed in the right direction. I've tried searching online and haven't been able to find anything addressing this.

I was trying to use the `defer` statement in a Playground, and was surprised to find that it never prints anything in the preview pane on the side. I was expecting the evaluation of the code in the `defer` statement to show up in line with the statements, even though they're executed after the last line in the function. I made a very simple playground that modifies a global variable and prints the value in the `defer` statement, and when I print the global variable after calling my function it shows the correct updated value, so the code in the `defer` statement is getting run as expected. Here's my sample code with the Playground output in comments on the side:

var x = 3 // 3
func doSomething() {
print(1) // "1\n"
defer {
    x += 1
    print(x)
}
print(2) // "2\n"
}
doSomething()
print(x) // "4\n"

I was expecting something like this:

var x = 3 // 3
func doSomething() {
print(1) // "1\n"
defer {
    x += 1 // 4
    print(x) // "4\n"
}
print(2) // "2\n"
}
doSomething()
print(x) // "4\n"

Is there some deep reason why code in `defer` statements doesn't show anything in the preview pane in Playgrounds?

-Joe

<Defer.playground>

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Here's the JIRA: [SR-5641] Playgrounds don't display output for defer statements · Issue #48211 · apple/swift · GitHub

Thanks again!
-Joe

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On Aug 7, 2017, at 3:33 PM, Joe DeCapo via swift-users <swift-users@swift.org> wrote:

Ok, cool. Thanks for the response. I'll file it in the Swift bug tracker.

On Aug 7, 2017, at 3:23 PM, Jordan Rose <jordan_rose@apple.com> wrote:

Either way is fine. I suspect this is a bug with the transformation the Swift compiler performs when compiling for a playground, rather than with the machinery that goes with running the playground, but I haven’t looked into it.

Jordan

On Aug 7, 2017, at 13:22, Joe DeCapo <snoogansbc@gmail.com> wrote:

Since it's Playground bug, should I file it in Apple's bug reporter rather than Swift's?

On Aug 7, 2017, at 3:12 PM, Jordan Rose <jordan_rose@apple.com> wrote:

I’d say that’s a bug! Mind filing it at https://bugs.swift.org ?

Thanks,
Jordan

On Aug 4, 2017, at 12:41, Joe DeCapo via swift-users <swift-users@swift.org> wrote:

Hi everyone,

I'm not sure if there's a more appropriate place to ask this question, but I figured at the very least I could get pointed in the right direction. I've tried searching online and haven't been able to find anything addressing this.

I was trying to use the `defer` statement in a Playground, and was surprised to find that it never prints anything in the preview pane on the side. I was expecting the evaluation of the code in the `defer` statement to show up in line with the statements, even though they're executed after the last line in the function. I made a very simple playground that modifies a global variable and prints the value in the `defer` statement, and when I print the global variable after calling my function it shows the correct updated value, so the code in the `defer` statement is getting run as expected. Here's my sample code with the Playground output in comments on the side:

var x = 3 // 3
func doSomething() {
print(1) // "1\n"
defer {
   x += 1
   print(x)
}
print(2) // "2\n"
}
doSomething()
print(x) // "4\n"

I was expecting something like this:

var x = 3 // 3
func doSomething() {
print(1) // "1\n"
defer {
   x += 1 // 4
   print(x) // "4\n"
}
print(2) // "2\n"
}
doSomething()
print(x) // "4\n"

Is there some deep reason why code in `defer` statements doesn't show anything in the preview pane in Playgrounds?

-Joe

<Defer.playground>

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