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“why don't languages like c++ and java have multiple constructors? they're so useful! i love that rust has multiple constructors!”

the finger curls on the monkey's paw

and i find out about the hell of objective-c designated initialisers

@hikari Swift at least adds a static type system for initializers to make all of the best practices around them work consistently and soundly.

@porglezomp @hikari In case this wasn’t sarcasm what it actually does is everyone adds fatalError in init(coder:)

@saagar @hikari oh I was thinking sincerely about the Swift-first classes that aren’t forced to inherit the ObjC soup

@porglezomp @saagar @hikari We have lost the magic of Good Interface Builder with Live View Objects in the style of the Steve Jobs Calculator Constructor (implemented with some truly wild object substitution shenanigans) but are still forced to carry “every AppKit and UIKit type claims to be NSCoding”.

@jrose @porglezomp @saagar what do you mean by “claims to be” 😨

@jrose @porglezomp @saagar oh is this about how every UIView descendant must implement initWithCoder: itself

@hikari @jrose @porglezomp Yes, except nobody does because Interface Builder is basically dead and buried at this point