Why can't I use subscripting on a CKRecord object in swift?

Question

This has bothered me for a little while. Is there a reason why I need to do this to set an object on a CKRecord.

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Answer 1

That subscripting is only available from Objective-C, since it's implemented using objectForKeyedSubscript: and setObject:forKeyedSubscript:. Happily, it's easy to extend CKRecord to allow Swift subscripting:

extension CKRecord {
    subscript(key: String) -> AnyObject! {
        get {
            return self.objectForKey(key)
        }
        set(newValue) {
            self.setObject(newValue as CKRecordValue, forKey: key)
        }
    }
}

NSHipster has a post on Objective-C subscripting if you want to know more. I'm surprised Swift doesn't bridge that automatically.