on Swift String
is a struct and you could just initialize it using
var someString:String = "Hello"
how would I make another Struct initializable like String?
for example
struct StringV2 {
init()
}
class SomeClass {
let someStringV2:StringV2 = "Hello"
}
Since that's how String
's code looks like.
This is (in my opinion) neat part of the language. Yes, this is possible, thanks to the ExpressibleByStringLiteral
protocol.
Unfortunately, there is some complexity to it. ExpressibleByStringLiteral
inherits from ExpressibleByExtendedGraphemeClusterLiteral
, which itself inherits from ExpressibleByUnicodeScalarLiteral
. Thus, to conform to the first, you must conform to the other 2 above it.
This makes it possible for your struct or class to be initialized from:
- A
UnicodeScalarLiteralType
(such as a UnicodeScalar
, which is a single Unicode code point, e.g. "A"
)
- An
ExtendedGraphemeClusterLiteralType
(such as a Character
, which is a collection of UnicodeScalar
s, such as "