Cannot convert value of type '() -> _' to specified type 'Town.Size'

Question

Am getting this issue with this struct, on the line which reads \"lazy var townSize: Size ={\" and can\'t figure out what the issue is.

struct Town {

             


        

Answer 1

As has been noted, to initialize a stored property with a closure, you need the () after that closing brace:

lazy var townSize: Size = {
    switch self.population {
    case 0 ... 10000:
        return .Small
    case 10001 ... 100000:
        return .Medium
    default:
        return .Large
    }
}()

But, because population is a variable, not a constant, you don't want townSize to be a stored property at all. Instead, you want it to be a computed property, to accurately reflect any changes in the population:

var townSize: Size {
    switch population {
    case 0 ... 10000:
        return .Small
    case 10001 ... 100000:
        return .Medium
    default:
        return .Large
    }
}

Note the lack of the =.

If you use a lazy stored property, if population changes subsequent to accessing townSize, the townSize won't reflect this accordingly. But using a computed property solves this problem.