31st October 2017, 1 min read

Synthesized hash functions in Swift 4.1 (and why Java programmers should be envious)

2 thoughts on “Synthesized hash functions in Swift 4.1 (and why Java programmers should be envious)”

1. Yuval says:
   November 12, 2017 at 2:21 pm

   Just a comment that most Java IDEs (e.g., IntelliJ) would generate for you sensible default equals and hashCode methods if you ask them to.

   1. Daniel Lemire says:
      November 12, 2017 at 2:45 pm

      The Swift approach of generating implicit defaults might be preferable. Less code, less clutter. As long as the defaults are good enough that you never have to worry about them…