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Summary:
Passing UIView’s initializer an expression that cannot be itself be initialized gives a misleading error, and an amusingly wrong hint.

Trivial test case:

let dimension = 44
let view = UIView(frame: CGRectMake(10, 10, 10, dimension))
  // Error: Cannot invoke initializer for type ‘UIView’ with an argument list of type ‘(frame: CGRect)’
  //   Expected an argument list of type ‘(frame: CGRect)’

The error complains that you can’t use (frame: CGRect) and suggests you instead use (frame: CGRect).

This is a particularly confusing version of the general problem when you refactor a CGFloat from a parameter list into a variable. When you do this, the type gets inferred to Int instead of CGFloat and will fail to compile.

This, however, will get an understandable error message:

let rect = CGRectMake(10, 10, 10, dimension)
  // Error: Cannot invoke ‘CGRectMake’ with an argument list of type (Int, Int, Int, Int)

Steps to Reproduce:
Paste the two lines of code above into a playground or sample project, and build.

Expected Results:
The error message complains that dimension has been inferred to be an Int and therefore it can’t create the CGRect.
  Bonus awesomeness: the compiler realizes that you meant to create a CGFloat and the code compiles.

Actual Results:
The error message complains that you should instantiate UIView with a CGRect instead of a CGRect.