- Proposal: SE-TBD
- Author(s): Ben Cohen, Erica Sadun, Paul Cantrell and several other folk
- Status: tbd
- Review manager: tbd
This proposal introduces an annotated forced unwrapping operator to the Swift standard library, completing the ?
, ??
, and !
family with !!
. The "unwrap or die" operator provides text feedback on failed unwraps, to support defensive programming. This operator is commonly implemented in the larger Swift Community and should be considered for official adoption.