swift class as parameter without .self

Question

I\'ve wrote some functions (Swift 2.1, XCode 7.1.1):

public func test1(type: T.Type) -> T {
    print(type.dynamicType)
    return type.in         


        

Answer 1

Coincidentally, this just came up on swift-evolution. The ability to omit .self when the Type is the only argument, has been reported as a bug in Swift.

The relevant quote from Apple:

It's a bug. .self is supposed to be required everywhere. Unfortunately, we've had the bug for a while, so I'm not sure how much code we'd break by changing it. If we wanted to remove the requirement, that would be considered a language change and would have to go through the Swift Evolution Process.