Swift generic superclass' init not accessible when constructing its subclass

Question

I have the following codes:

class ILProperty {
    var value: T?
    init(_ value: T) {
        self.value = value
    }
}

typealias ILStringProper         


        

Answer 1

Here is another quote from Apple documentation

Unlike subclasses in Objective-C, Swift subclasses do not inherit their superclass initializers by default. Swift’s approach prevents a situation in which a simple initializer from a superclass is inherited by a more specialized subclass and is used to create a new instance of the subclass that is not fully or correctly initialized.

In the Swift Programming Language document from apple look section "Initializer Inheritance and Overriding".

I do n understand your frustration but Swift's way of dealing with initializer is conceptually better.