Type aliasing

Type aliasing is a way of giving a type a different name. It is useful for type-safe code organization, and cosmetics.

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typealias Credit = Int

struct Course {
    let credits: Credit
}

Originally published 04/13/2021 @ https://pittcsc.org/ Discord

Published here on 09/08/2022. Blog published date reflects the original date of publication.