Struct convenience initializers
I love to structure my code using extensions in Swift. One big benefit of doing so when it comes to struct initializers, is that defining a convenience initializer doesn't remove the default one the compiler generates - best of both worlds!
struct Article {
let date: Date
var title: String
var text: String
var comments: [Comment]
}
extension Article {
init(title: String, text: String) {
self.init(date: Date(), title: title, text: text, comments: [])
}
}
let articleA = Article(title: "Best Cupcake Recipe", text: "...")
let articleB = Article(
date: Date(),
title: "Best Cupcake Recipe",
text: "...",
comments: [
Comment(user: currentUser, text: "Yep, can confirm!")
]
)
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