Rule Request: Enforce multiple protocol inheritance style
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Description
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New rule request
There are two ways to inherit from multiple protocols:
protocol Foo: Hashable, Identifiable {}
protocol Foo: Hashable & Identifiable {}
- Why should this rule be added? Share links to existing discussion about what
the community thinks about this.
It would be good to be able to enforce a style to make code more consistent.
- Provide several examples of what would and wouldn't trigger violations.
That depends on which style you choose.
Either of these would trigger:
protocol Foo: Hashable, Identifiable {}
protocol Foo: Hashable & Identifiable {}
These would not trigger
protocol Foo: Identifiable {}
protocol Foo: Hashable {}
- Should the rule be configurable, if so what parameters should be configurable?
Yes, you should be able to choose which style to use.
- Should the rule be opt-in or enabled by default? Why?
See README.md for guidelines on when to mark a rule as opt-in.
No
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the two protocol-inheritance examples and the linked Swift forum discussion, then review README.md's opt-in-rule guidelines. Before implementation, settle which style is enforced, how the choice is configured, and whether the rule is opt-in; done means those decisions are reflected in concrete triggering and non-triggering examples.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- swift
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100