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Kapil Dhawan
1,323 PointsMaximum size of an identifier
What is the maximum size of an identifier allowed in Swift?
4 Answers
Kapil Dhawan
1,323 PointsI want to mark your answer as best answer but getting any option to do so. Any idea on it. :)
Kapil Dhawan
1,323 PointsThanks hans. I had tried creating a long identifier name, more than 100 characters and it worked fine. I was wondering if there is a real limit on the identifier name.
hans wagner
4,872 PointsAs I mentioned, it is something that the developers of Swift know and I suspect that they are not telling. Though it seems that a very long identifier might be hard to read and understand. Probably not good code. Good luck with iOS and Swift.
Kapil Dhawan
1,323 PointsThanks again hans. I tried with 2k characters and that also worked. :)
hans wagner
4,872 PointsThank you. I appreciate your consideration, but it is not necessary to mark my answer as best. The fact you consider it is all I need. Keep up the good work.
hans wagner
4,872 Pointshans wagner
4,872 PointsI created a 101 character identifier and Xcode accepted it. I would assume that an array is used by the Swift compiler to handle identifiers. If true it would depend on the size of the array item used by the complier. That is something only the Apple Swift developers know and they may believe it is proprietary.