An assignment for an associated type sets a default, not a requirement. So in the second case, you're specifying that the property returns something with an associated type, and associated type inference will then use the concrete static type "UILabel" instead of the dynamic type "Self". The default is going to be ignored all the time.

P.S. In the future, please prefer pasting code inline instead of taking screenshots. That makes it easier to read on small devices or reproduce a problem locally, and if anyone is using text-to-speech they have a chance to read it!

Comment by Shai Mishali (JIRA)

Hey @belkadan- thank you so much for clarifying that, and for your patience.

You're 100% right about the code, I actually wrote it from my phone so I had the screenshots at hand, but will notice next time 🙂