[swift-evolution] [Proposal] Allow upgrading weak self to strong self by assignment

Kurt Werle kurt at circlew.org
Fri Feb 19 16:39:48 CST 2016


On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 2:30 PM, Shawn Erickson <shawnce at gmail.com> wrote:

> I get that :) but I think it would be helpful to go beyond the no-op case
> and help solve the "strongify" situation that exists in the larger problem
> domain.
>
>>
OK - so what's wrong with:


> { [unowned self] in
>>   guard self != nil else {
>>     Do the other thing
>>   }
>> }
>>
>
It's basically what you're asking for - an unowned implicitly unwrapped
variable followed by an else statement that takes care of the nil case.
Right?

Kurt
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