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| - Best practices without autocorrect or linting are still welcomed as general advice for humans and [AI agents](https://swift.airbnb.tech/skill). | ||
| - We strive to align with best practices of the broader [Swift community](https://forums.swift.org). | ||
| - This guide is in addition to the official [Swift API Design Guidelines](https://swift.org/documentation/api-design-guidelines/). These rules should not contradict that document. | ||
| - These rules should not fight Xcode's <kbd>^</kbd> + <kbd>I</kbd> indentation behavior. |
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We have not prioritized this in several years.
- Xcode indentation is a moving target
- In some areas we disagree with the default indentation behavior, with reasonable justification
- We address this internally with a custom Xcode extension that replaces the default
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calda
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| - We strive to align with best practices of the broader [Swift community](https://forums.swift.org). | ||
| - This guide is in addition to the official [Swift API Design Guidelines](https://swift.org/documentation/api-design-guidelines/). These rules should not contradict that document. | ||
| - These rules should not fight Xcode's <kbd>^</kbd> + <kbd>I</kbd> indentation behavior. | ||
| - We strive to make every rule lintable: |
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We generally prefer code autocorrect over linting, and now welcome rules with no autocorrect / linting component (e.g. for the AI skill).
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Still need to ensure this is excluded from generated site content
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| - Make it easier to read and begin understanding unfamiliar code. |
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Thought this could be simplified
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This PR proposes updates to our guiding tenets.