Hi folks and sorry for the long silence! Here is w...

# swift-export

[sergey.bogolepov]

Hi folks and sorry for the long silence! Here is what is going on with Swift export lately:
We are actively working on multi-module export and are getting closer and closer to finishing the first implementation.
• In the meantime, you can watch a

recording▾

of a talk from Pamela Hill where she shares our ideas on this challenging topic.
• A first version of DSL for Swift export in the Kotlin Gradle Plugin is also in the works:
◦ It may be rather clunky, limited, and close to Objective-C one. Which is fine, because getting things right the first time is always hard 🫠
◦ So we will need your feedback to gradually improve it into a first-class experience 🤌
We are also working on supporting more basic types:
• Kotlin.Nothing is translated to Swift.Never ✅
• Kotlin.Any is translated to a special KotlinBase (partially merged, there is still a few cases left to cover).
• Support for Kotlin.Char is WIP👷‍♂️
• Support for Kotlin.String is WIP👷‍♂️
Note that these updates are not yet available on the Kotlin Playground:
• The first version was implemented quickly and kinda dirty before KotlinConf and we need to make some adjustments to streamline the Playground update process 🙃
Yeah, I know this is not the most exciting status update in the world, but bear with me: fun things are coming :)

[Anonymike]

The transparent update is absolutely appreciated perhaps more than an "official" one where people feel pressured to make things seem further. I would love to try this out and would definite prefer a stable core than an unstable release that tries to do everything in one. Thank you again @sergey.bogolepov