Swift: Cannot work with unwrapped optional array

Originator:josh.hinman
Number:rdar://17544941 Date Originated:02-Jul-2014 05:45 PM
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:Developer Tools Product Version:Xcode 6.0 (6a216f)
Classification: Reproducible:
 
Summary:
When declaring a variable of an optional array type, I can't call methods like "append" on the array

Steps to Reproduce:
Enter this code into a playground:

var a: String[]?

a = [ "Hello" ]
a!.append("World")


Expected Results:
"a" should contain [ "Hello", "World" ]

Actual Results:
error: "Could not find member 'append'"

Version:
Xcode 6.0 (6a216f)

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