Use this tag only for questions directly related to changes in version 4.1 of Apple's Swift programming language. Use the tag [swift] for more general language questions, or the tags [ios], [cocoa], [apple-watch] etc. for questions about developing on Apple platforms.
Swift 4.1 contains updates to the core language, including more support for generics, new build options, as well as minor enhancements to Swift Package Manager and Foundation. There was also significant progress made in stabilizing the ABI.
Swift 4 is the fourth version of the Swift language developed by Apple that was released in 2017. The language is open source and available on Github (see swift).
The development of Swift 4 and its goals can be viewed on the Swift Programming Language Evolution repository on GitHub