Can you use map to create instances without a wrapper?

Question

In Python, you can give the name of a class as an argument to map in order to create instances of that class:

class Point(object):
    def __init__(         


        

Answer 1

This is now possible in Xcode 7.0 beta 2

from the release notes

Initializers can now be referenced like static methods by referring to .init on a static type reference or type object:

  let x = String.init(5)
  let stringType = String.self
  let y = stringType.init(5)
  let oneTwoThree = [1, 2, 3].map(String.init).reduce(“”, combine: +)