     return (textInput.text(in: startRange) ?? "") + (textInput.text(in: endRange) ?? "")
 }
 
-func <-> <Base>(textInput: TextInput<Base>, variable: Variable<String>) -> Disposable {
-    let bindToUIDisposable = variable.asObservable()
-        .bind(to: textInput.text)
-    let bindToVariable = textInput.text
+func <-> <Base>(textInput: TextInput<Base>, relay: BehaviorRelay<String>) -> Disposable {
+    let bindToUIDisposable = relay.bind(to: textInput.text)
+
+    let bindToRelay = textInput.text
         .subscribe(onNext: { [weak base = textInput.base] n in
             guard let base = base else {
                 return

             value is not nil. This appears to be an Apple bug. If it's not, and we are doing something wrong, please let us know.
             The can be reproed easily if replace bottom code with 
             
             if nonMarkedTextValue != variable.value {
                variable.value = nonMarkedTextValue ?? ""
             }

             and you hit "Done" button on keyboard.
             */
            if let nonMarkedTextValue = nonMarkedTextValue, nonMarkedTextValue != variable.value {
                variable.value = nonMarkedTextValue
            }
        }, onCompleted:  {
            bindToUIDisposable.dispose()
        })

    return Disposables.create(bindToUIDisposable, bindToVariable)
}

func <-> <T>(property: ControlProperty<T>, variable: Variable<T>) -> Disposable {
    if T.self == String.self {
#if DEBUG
        fatalError("It is ok to delete this message, but this is here to warn that you are maybe trying to bind to some `rx.text` property directly to variable.\n" +
            "That will usually work ok, but for some languages that use IME, that simplistic method could cause unexpected issues because it will return intermediate results while text is being inputed.\n" +
            "REMEDY: Just use `textField <-> variable` instead of `textField.rx.text <-> variable`.\n" +
            "Find out more here: https://github.com/ReactiveX/RxSwift/issues/649\n"
            )
#endif
    }

    let bindToUIDisposable = variable.asObservable()
        .bind(to: property)
    let bindToVariable = property
        .subscribe(onNext: { n in
            variable.value = n
        }, onCompleted:  {
            bindToUIDisposable.dispose()
        })

    return Disposables.create(bindToUIDisposable, bindToVariable)
}

// }

import RxCocoa
import UIKit

// Two way binding operator between control property and relay, that's all it takes.

infix operator <-> : DefaultPrecedence

