String is bridged it just is not yet implicitly converted via the compiler; we
are missing certain functionality due to the compiler not supporting the objc
code paths on linux.
The re-naming of swift classes exposed from Foundation will likely leave the
class NSString still a thing (however it
There's a mention of this in the "Issues" document here:
https://github.com/apple/swift-corelibs-foundation/blob/master/Docs/Issues.md#known-issues
That makes it sound like this isn't meant to be a long term limitation:
> In order to translate between these types, we have temporarily added a
> p
I've noticed that e.g. String is not bridged to NSString. The expected
workaround seems to be calling .bridge() everywhere.
1. Is there a plan for bridging e.g. String with NSString?
2. Would it be appropriate to PR in the meantime e.g.
extension String {
public func cStringUsingEncod
