Why does Swift has a restriction for single argument tuple with naming parameter?

[Tino]

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Single-element labeled tuples?

Continuing the discussion from More consistent function types: What are the reasons that single-element tuples are forbidden from the language? For example, tuple labels can help clarify the role of a single discardable return value. var counter = 1 var global: UInt = 0 @discardableResult func bar(_ x: UInt) -> (counter: Int) { // error: cannot create a single-element tuple with an element label global += x defer { counter += 1 } return counter }

Roadmap for and state of single element tuple types?

I have probably missed out on some information, and would appreciate pointers to such, regarding the following.

Some background from another thread

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