Can you pass an initializer, not a function / close, when using a Swift map?

Question

Consider a Dictionarymotorcycle names and descriptions:

let data = ["Betty" : "Very fast", "Mike" : "Easy going"]

And a simple class Motorcyclewith two properties.

class Motorcycle {

    let name: String
    let description: String

    init(name: String, description: String) {
        self.name = name
        self.description = description
    }

}

Aa and a far-fetched function that takes two values Stringand returns a Motorcycle.

func genMotorcycle(name: String, desc: String) -> Motorcycle {
    return Motorcycle(name: name, description: desc)
}

Now, assuming you want to convert Dictionaryto [Motorcycle], you could:

let motorcycles = map(data) { Motorcycle(name: $0, description: $1) }

Or, using the invented function genMotorcycle:

let motorcycles = map(data, genMotorcycle)

Since genMotorcyclefeels that he has the same type ( (String, String) -> Motorcycle) that initializer Motorcycle, I was wondering, is there a way to invoke the initializer Motorcycle, instead of, say, genMotorcycle.

In other words, is there a way to reliably express the following?

let motorcycles = map(data, Motorcycle)
// or
let motorcycles = map(data, Motorcycle.init)

Answer 1

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