title: Comparing Characters in Swift
body: <pre><code>let a:Character = "a"  // Would not really be a literal in my app...
  let b:Character = "b"  // ...but this illustrates the issue
  let compare = a == b 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The compiler complains: Could not find an overload for == that accepts the supplied arguments.</p>
  
  <p>This despite the fact that if you right-click on Character you can easily find this declaration</p>
  
  <pre><code>func ==(lhs: Character, rhs: Character) -&gt; Bool
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any suggestions? I can work around by assigning the Characters to Strings and doing a String compare, BUT I am iterating over thousands of Characters. Surely there is a Swift Way.</p>