Swift 2 Support

[rnikander]

I know it's early, but I'm playing with Swift 2 and Xcode 7. This is not compiling anymore. Do you know how to fix it?

internal let SQLITE_STATIC = sqlite3_destructor_type(COpaquePointer(bitPattern: 0))
internal let SQLITE_TRANSIENT = sqlite3_destructor_type(COpaquePointer(bitPattern: -1))

[stephencelis]

Swift 2 is going to be a big adjustment. You should be able to update the above with:

internal let SQLITE_STATIC = unsafeBitCast(0, sqlite3_destructor_type.self)
internal let SQLITE_TRANSIENT = unsafeBitCast(-1, sqlite3_destructor_type.self)

But even then there are some segfaults to deal with. Regardless, there are a lot of opportunities with Swift 2 to reconsider flow control, etc. I'm going to start working on a branch and push preliminary, experimental stuff when it's ready.

[thomaskilian]

Me too... Hope you find a solution for it as I would like to continue working with Swift2.

[stephencelis]

Update: I'm making good headway but the Swift 2 changes require a rethinking and rewriting of a lot of things—a net win in the end but things are going a bit slower and at a time where I don't have a lot of free time. I'll try to push a WIP soon.

[danthorpe]

@stephencelis encouraging to hear you're making progress! Great stuff!

Is there anything that can be done to help you? I'm sure that there are some people who can pick up some slack for you. Might be easier to break it up into a series of features merging into a swift_2.0 branch?

[stephencelis]

@danthorpe I'll try to push a WIP this weekend. I started with a new from-scratch project just to get my bearings and have been copy-pasting and re-writing as I go, so it's not and won't be in working order quite yet, but you'll be able to get a feel for the changes if you dive in.

[bielikb]

hi @stephencelis,

if you need some help, just let us know. I'd love to have SQLite working on Swift2

[russbishop]

@stephencelis Hey Stephen, any update? I'm happy to help and/or give feedback.

[kioqq]

@stephencelis Hey i can help u too 💃

[stephencelis]

That took longer than expected 😅

Please see #154 for progress. It's getting there, but I'll probably need some more dedicated time to push it to completion and current feature parity.

[danthorpe]

Wow! Lots of changes! Great stuff @stephencelis - lots of stuff for us to look though 😃

[stephencelis]

The PR (#154) should basically be at feature parity with the Swift 1.2 version now with a few small exceptions related to more complicated querying (table/column aliasing, selecting/joining on scalar queries, reordering). The documentation still needs to be updated. You should be able to start migrating your apps, though.

I should be on target to have things ready for the GM.