why not `val list = ["a", "b", "c"]`

# random

[Sola]

why not val list = ["a", "b", "c"]

[kirillrakhman]

because that ties the syntax to a concrete implementation of List but some would like to be able to have different Array, Set or other collections.

[Sola]

Oh I didn't realize.

[darkmoon_uk]

Swift solves this by having Array as a default so @Sola ’s example would work.

[darkmoon_uk]

But it is also possible to coerce to any ArrayLiteralConvertible collection.

[kingsley]

@darkmoon_uk it gets tricky. It's easy to write buggy code with that kind of default. If it were to exist at all (which I don't really deem important), I'd advocate for no explicits.

[darkmoon_uk]

@kingsley I don’t disagree… when I write Swift I always make it explicit for the same reason.

[darkmoon_uk]

You know Apple, trying to be all minimal.

[sksk]

and how would you differentiate whateverCollection from whateverMutableCollection ? 😛