Add a mechanism to define custom @attributes in Swift.

Originator:oliver
Number:rdar://17369684 Date Originated:20141-06-19
Status:Duplicate/17221503 (Open) Resolved:
Product:Developer Tools Product Version:Version 6.0 (6A216f)
Classification:Enhancement Reproducible:Always
 
Summary:
Languages like Java and C# have a mechanism by which developers can add their own type metadata (attributes).  

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa288454(v=vs.71).aspx

These meta data attributes are extremely useful when developing plugin based architectures, dependancy injection systems and other meta programming tasks.

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Expected Results:
That swift allowed programmers to extend the attributes system.

Actual Results:
There doesn't appear to be any way of doing this yet.

Version:
Version 6.0 (6A216f)

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