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iOS Intermediate Swift 2 Properties Reading Modes

Boris Likhobabin
Boris Likhobabin
3,581 Points
Posted by Boris Likhobabin
Boris Likhobabin
3,581 Points

Is there a convention?

var headlineColor: UIColor { switch self { case Night: return UIColor(red: 1.0, green: 1.0, blue: 1.0, alpha: 1.0) case .Evening, .Day: return UIColor(red: 16/255.0, green: 16/255.0, blue: 16/255.0, alpha: 1.0) }

This is the code snippet from the video... As you may notice there is a typo in list of cases: Before all the cases in this video there is a dot eg. case .Evening, .Day but before Night there is no dot, and there is no errors in the compiler. I guess (but not sure) it makes no diffrence. However what is the RIGHT way of switching on self? with the dot or without?

1 Answer

David Lin
David Lin
35,864 Points
David Lin
David Lin
35,864 Points

Not sure if there is a "right" way. As you noted, both ways work. Personally, I think it's clearer if the dot is used, because doing so explicitly states that what's being referred to is an enum case.