Marcel Weiher on Twitter: "@mjtsai @jckarter @gte @phink0 Since you can’t mix and match anyway (single type), how is different method names a problem? And if you …"

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Marcel Weiher ‏@mpweiher May 29

@jckarter @phink0 @mjtsai And what is String, Array, Dictionary etc. if not new “foundations” (and exactly where Marco found inefficiencies)
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Joe Groff ‏@jckarter May 30

@mpweiher @phink0 @mjtsai Array and Dict needed to be able to contain unboxed value types; String needed efficient copy-on-write.
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Marcel Weiher ‏@mpweiher May 30

@jckarter @phink0 @mjtsai s/need/want/g
Guy English ‏@gte May 30 San Diego, CA

@mpweiher @jckarter @phink0 @mjtsai I think that's a pretty reasonable thing to want. It's hardly some crazy boondoggle.
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Marcel Weiher ‏@mpweiher May 30

@gte @jckarter @phink0 @mjtsai (a) not that hard to add to NSArray if you want (b) NXStorage anyone? (c) MPWRealArray and friends [SOA>AOS]
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Joe Groff ‏@jckarter May 30

@mpweiher @gte @phink0 @mjtsai Swift.Array's buffer is in fact an NSArray subclass, so that interop is cheap.
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Marcel Weiher ‏@mpweiher May 30

@jckarter @gte @phink0 @mjtsai Yes. Point was that additional layering (causing slowdowns) is choice, not necessity.
Marcel Weiher ‏@mpweiher May 30

@jckarter @gte @phink0 @mjtsai And it seems obvious that that NSArray subclass can do all the things you want from it. Or not?
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Michael Tsai ‏@mjtsai May 30

@mpweiher @jckarter @gte @phink0 An NSArray subclass is limited by the interface requiring everything to be an object.
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Michael Tsai ‏@mjtsai May 30

@mpweiher @jckarter @gte @phink0 Obj-C generics don’t address this. What use is a subclass if all the method names are different?

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