Indirect enum/case should be an implementation detail that is handled by compiler

Originator:an00na
Number:rdar://21981420 Date Originated:24-Jul-2015 08:19 AM
Status:Behaves as Intended Resolved:
Product:Developer Tools Product Version:Swift 2.0 beta 4
Classification:Enhancement Reproducible:Not Applicable
 
Since compiler can already detect when enum/case should be indirect and report errors if we leave out the indirect keyword, why can’t it just make it indirect automatically for us. That is to say, indirect should be an implementation detail that is handled by compiler instead of by programmer. To a programmer, enum is just enum.

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Apple Developer Relations

This issue behaves as intended based on the following:

We considered this direction and prefer that the source code be explicit.

We are now closing this bug report.

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By an00na at Oct. 13, 2015, 10:12 p.m. (reply...)

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