<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Looking at manyparam.swift, the following seems painful:<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; "><span class="codeline" style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; ">messagefile english <<span class="string" style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; color: rgb(32, 144, 32); ">"english.txt"</span><span style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; ">>; <br style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; "></span></span><span class="codeline" style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; ">messagefile french <<span class="string" style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; color: rgb(32, 144, 32); ">"francais.txt"</span><span style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; ">>; <br style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; "></span></span><span class="codeline" style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; ">english = greeting(<span class="string" style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; color: rgb(32, 144, 32); ">"hello"</span><span style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; ">); <br style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; "></span></span><span class="codeline" style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; ">french = greeting(<span class="string" style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; color: rgb(32, 144, 32); ">"bonjour"</span><span style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; ">); <br style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; "></span></span><span class="codeline" style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; "> <br style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; "></span><span class="codeline" style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; ">messagefile japanese <<span class="string" style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; color: rgb(32, 144, 32); ">"nihongo.txt"</span><span style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; ">>; <br style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; "></span></span><span class="codeline" style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; ">japanese = greeting(<span class="string" style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; color: rgb(32, 144, 32); ">"konnichiwa"</span><span style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; ">);</span></span></span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>It seems like it would be much nicer to be able to write:</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; "><span class="codeline" style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; "><<span class="string" style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; color: rgb(32, 144, 32); ">"english.txt"</span><span style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; ">></span> = greeting(<span class="string" style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; color: rgb(32, 144, 32); ">"hello"</span><span style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; ">); <br style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; "></span></span><span class="codeline" style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; "><<span class="string" style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; color: rgb(32, 144, 32); ">"francais.txt"</span><span style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; ">></span> = greeting(<span class="string" style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; color: rgb(32, 144, 32); ">"bonjour"</span><span style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; ">); <br style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; "></span></span><span class="codeline" style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; "><<span class="string" style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; color: rgb(32, 144, 32); ">"nihongo.txt"</span><span style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; ">></span> = greeting(<span class="string" style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; color: rgb(32, 144, 32); ">"konnichiwa"</span><span style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; ">);</span></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; "><span class="codeline" style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; "><span style="font-family: Consolas, 'Andale Mono', monospaced; "><br></span></span></span></div><div><br></div><div>But it appears this doesn't work. Is there some reason this can't be done, or is this just a limitation in Swift?</div><div><br></div><div>Dan</div><div><br><div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 9px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 9px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 10px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier">-- </font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier">Daniel S. Katz</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier">University of Chicago</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier">(773) 834-7186 (voice)</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier">(773) 834-3700 (fax)</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><a href="mailto:d.katz@ieee.org">d.katz@ieee.org</a> or <a href="mailto:dsk@ci.uchicago.edu">dsk@ci.uchicago.edu</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier; "><a href="http://www.ci.uchicago.edu/~dsk/">http://www.ci.uchicago.edu/~dsk/</a></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><br></font></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></span></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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