Init.swift

// Make initialization + configuration of mutable classes (such as views) easier.
@warn_unused_result
public func Init<Type>(value : Type, @noescape block: (object: Type) throws -> Void) rethrows -> Type
{
    try block(object: value)
    return value
}

func example()
{
    let label = Init(UILabel()) {
        $0.font = UIFont.boldSystemFontOfSize(13.0)
        
        $0.text = "Hello, World"
        $0.textAlignment = .Center
    }
}

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@noescape?

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