Expression type '(_, _.Stride) -> _' is ambiguous without more context

Question

Help! I am encountering the error 'Expression type '(_, _.Stride) -> _' is ambiguous without more context'. Does anyone know why this is happening and a have solution to this? I am using Swift 4.
Code:

let offsetTime = 0
DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + offsetTime) { //Expression type '(_, _.Stride) -> _' is ambiguous without more context
    self.currentTaskForUser.text = "Starting\n" + note +  "in"
    self.timerDown(from: 3, to: 1)
}
DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + offsetTime + 3) { //Expression type '(_, _.Stride) -> _' is ambiguous without more context
    self.currentTaskForUser.text = note
    let difficultyValue = Int(self.difficultyControl.titleForSegment(at: self.difficultyLevel.selectedSegmentIndex)!)!
    self.timerUp(from: 1, to: difficultyValue)
    self.offsetTime += 13
}

Answer 1

The expression .now() returns the type DispatchTime which is a struct.

let offsetTime = 0 initializes the variable as Int. The error is misleading, practically it's a type mismatch

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Although the compiler can infer the type of an numeric literal

DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 3)

the most reliable way to add an Int literal or variable to a DispatchTime value is a DispatchTimeInterval case with associated value.

DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + .seconds(offsetTime)

and

DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + .seconds(offsetTime) + .seconds(3))

There are four DispatchTimeInterval enumeration cases

• .seconds(Int)
• .milliseconds(Int)
• .microseconds(Int)
• .nanoseconds(Int)