Type Safely

Type Safely

Share this post

Type Safely
Type Safely
Use The New Type Placeholder Declaration With Underscores

Use The New Type Placeholder Declaration With Underscores

Daily Coding Tip 120

Millie Sturgeon's avatar
Millie Sturgeon
Jun 29, 2022
∙ Paid

Share this post

Type Safely
Type Safely
Use The New Type Placeholder Declaration With Underscores
Share
Image by sharkolot from Pixabay

There’s actually a way to specify a type you want Swift to infer.

When you initialise a new variable with "Hello world", it is not necessary to specify that it will be a string. Swift will infer that this is the type you want from the fact that you have initialised it with a string literal.

I have a simple enum with cases c…

Keep reading with a 7-day free trial

Subscribe to Type Safely to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2025 Type Safely
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture

Share