<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">I was looking at random items at <a href="http://SwiftDoc.org" class="">SwiftDoc.org</a>, and noticed the “FlattenBidirectionalCollection” structure. It helps implement some versions of “joined” from Sequence (probably when the Sequence is also a BidirectionalCollection). The directions for the type state that “joined” does not create new storage. Then wouldn’t it have to refer to the source objects by reference? How; especially how does it work without requiring a “&” with “inout” or how it works with “let”-mode objects? Or am I misunderstanding how it works behind the covers?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">(If there is a secret sauce to have one object refer to another without “&”/“inout”/“UnsafeWhateverPointer”, I like to know. It may help with implementing an idea. The idea involves extending the language, so “compiler magic” that the user can’t access is OK; I’d just claim to use the same sauce in my proposal.)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">
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