<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Sorry. If you are doing something on implementing proposals, you should use [swift-dev] list instead. Yes. I do don't know what the COW means.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Zhaoxin</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 11:09 PM, Adrian Zubarev <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:adrian.zubarev@devandartist.com" target="_blank">adrian.zubarev@devandartist.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="m_-1570369729679475600bloop_markdown"><p>I’m sorry but you seem not to understand what I’m asking for!</p>
<p>If you don’t know what a <code>mutable view</code> is, please read this proposal to get the basic idea: <a href="https://github.com/natecook1000/swift-evolution/blob/nc-dictionary-collections/proposals/0000-dictionary-key-and-value-collections.md" target="_blank">https://github.com/<wbr>natecook1000/swift-evolution/<wbr>blob/nc-dictionary-<wbr>collections/proposals/0000-<wbr>dictionary-key-and-value-<wbr>collections.md</a></p>
<p>Your answer doesn’t make any sense. </p>
<p></p></div><div class="m_-1570369729679475600bloop_original_html"><span class=""><div id="m_-1570369729679475600bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0);margin:0px;line-height:auto"><br></div> <br> <div id="m_-1570369729679475600bloop_sign_1479481629878993152" class="m_-1570369729679475600bloop_sign"><div style="font-family:helvetica,arial;font-size:13px">-- <br>Adrian Zubarev<br>Sent with Airmail</div></div> <br></span><div><div class="h5"><p class="m_-1570369729679475600airmail_on">Am 18. November 2016 um 16:05:25, Zhao Xin (<a href="mailto:owenzx@gmail.com" target="_blank">owenzx@gmail.com</a>) schrieb:</p> <blockquote type="cite" class="m_-1570369729679475600clean_bq"><span><div><div></div><div>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(186,45,162)">protocol</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Copyable
{</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">
</span> <span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(186,45,162)">func</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">copy()
-></span> <span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(112,61,170)">Self</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">}</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:13px">
<br></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(186,45,162)">final</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(186,45,162)">class</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Storage:</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(79,129,135)">Copyable</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">{</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:13px">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">
</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">
</span> <span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(186,45,162)">var</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">keys:
[</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(112,61,170)">String</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">]
= []</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">
</span> <span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(186,45,162)">var</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">values:
[</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(112,61,170)">Int</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">]
= []</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:13px">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">
</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">
</span> <span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(186,45,162)">func</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">copy()
-></span> <span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(79,129,135)">Storage</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">{</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">
</span> <span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(186,45,162)">let</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">s =</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(79,129,135)">Storage</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">()</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">
s.</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(79,129,135)">keys</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">=</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(79,129,135)">keys</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">
s.</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(79,129,135)">values</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">=</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(79,129,135)">values</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:13px">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">
</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">
</span> <span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(186,45,162)">return</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">s</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">
}</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">}</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:13px">
<br></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(186,45,162)">public</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(186,45,162)">struct</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Document:</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(79,129,135)">Copyable</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">{</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:13px">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">
</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">
</span> <span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(186,45,162)">var</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">_storageReference:</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(79,129,135)">Storage</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:13px">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">
</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(186,45,162)">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
</span> <span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">public</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">init</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(0,0,0)">()
{</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:13px">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">
</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(79,129,135)">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
</span> <span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(186,45,162)">self</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(0,0,0)">.</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">_storageReference</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(0,0,0)">=</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Storage</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(0,0,0)">()</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">
}</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:13px">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">
</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">
</span> <span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(186,45,162)">public</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(186,45,162)">init</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">(</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(186,45,162)">_</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">values:</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(79,129,135)">DocumentValues</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">)
{</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:13px">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">
</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(79,129,135)">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
</span> <span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(186,45,162)">self</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(0,0,0)">.</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">_storageReference</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(0,0,0)">=
values.</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">_storageReference</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">
}</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:13px">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">
</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">
</span> <span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(186,45,162)">public</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(186,45,162)">var</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">values:</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(79,129,135)">DocumentValues</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">{</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:13px">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">
</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">
</span> <span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(186,45,162)">get</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">{</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(186,45,162)">return</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(79,129,135)">DocumentValues</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">(</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(186,45,162)">self</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">)
}</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:13px">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">
</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">
</span> <span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(186,45,162)">set</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">{</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(186,45,162)">self</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">=</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(79,129,135)">Document</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">(newValue)
}</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">
}</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:13px">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">
</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">
</span> <span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(186,45,162)">public</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(186,45,162)">func</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">copy()
-></span> <span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(79,129,135)">Document</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">{</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">
</span> <span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(186,45,162)">var</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">d =</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(79,129,135)">Document</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">()</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(79,129,135)">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
d.</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">_storageReference</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(0,0,0)">=</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">_storageReference</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(0,0,0)">.</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(49,89,93)">copy</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(0,0,0)">()</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:13px">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">
</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">
</span> <span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(186,45,162)">return</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">d</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">
}</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">}</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><br></span></p>
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<p style="font-family:menlo;margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(186,45,162)">var</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">document
=</span> <span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(79,129,135)">Document</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">()</span></p>
<p style="font-family:menlo;margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:13px">
<br></p>
<p style="font-family:menlo;margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(186,45,162)">let</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">copy =
document.</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(49,89,93)">copy</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">()</span></p>
<p style="font-family:menlo;margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:13px">
<br></p>
<p style="font-family:menlo;margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,132,0)">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">// just
assume we already added some values and can mutate safely on a
given index</span></p>
<p style="font-family:menlo;margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,132,0)">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">//
mutation in place</span></p>
<p style="font-family:menlo;margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,132,0)">
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(0,0,0)">document.</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(79,129,135)">values</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(49,89,93)">[</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(39,42,216)">0</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(49,89,93)">]</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(0,0,0)">=</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(39,42,216)">10</span>
<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">// <---
this will only mutate `document` but not `copy`</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><br></font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif">You use `class` property inside `struct`, so
the `struct` is no longer copyable. You have to do it
yourself.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><br></font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000">Zhaoxin</font></span></p>
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<div class="gmail_extra"><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 10:09 PM, Adrian
Zubarev <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:adrian.zubarev@devandartist.com" target="_blank">adrian.zubarev@devandartist.<wbr>com</a>></span>
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15:07:43, Adrian Zubarev (<a href="mailto:adrian.zubarev@devandartist.com" target="_blank">adrian.zubarev@devandartist.c<wbr>om</a>) schrieb:</p>
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<p><span>I apologize about the <code>weak/unowned</code> issue I
mentioned. I kinda missed that portion from the docs <code>Weak
references do not affect the result of this
function.</code>.</span></p>
<p><span>Okay it’s clear to me now why the result is evaluated as
<code>false</code>.</span></p>
<p><span>But how do I solve the COW problem for mutable
views?</span></p>
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2016 um 15:04:55, Adrian Zubarev (<a href="mailto:adrian.zubarev@devandartist.com" target="_blank">adrian.zubarev@devandartist.c<wbr>om</a>)
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<p><span><span>This doesn’t make any sense.</span></span></p>
<p><span>Somewhere from the Swift book:</span></p>
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<p><span>Weak and unowned references enable one instance in a
reference cycle to refer to the other instance <strong>without
keeping a strong hold on it</strong>. The instances can then refer
to each other without creating a strong reference cycle.</span></p>
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<p><span>From the sdlib of the function
<code>isKnownUniquelyReferenced</code>:</span></p>
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<p><span>Returns a Boolean value indicating whether the given
object is a class instance known to have <strong>a single strong
reference</strong>.</span></p>
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<p><span><code>unowned</code> doesn’t increase the reference count,
so the view in the examples I showed should have no strong
reference to that class instance. The only strong reference that
exists is from <code>Document</code>. So why exactly is the result
of the second <code>isKnownUniquelyReferenced</code> call
<code>false</code> again?</span></p>
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<span><span>><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Why
is the second check false, even if the property is marked
as </span><code style="font-family:menlo,consolas,'liberation mono',courier,monospace;font-size:10pt;border-top-left-radius:3px;border-top-right-radius:3px;border-bottom-right-radius:3px;border-bottom-left-radius:3px;background-color:rgb(248,248,248);border:1px solid rgb(234,234,234);margin:0px 2px;padding:0px 5px;word-break:normal;word-wrap:normal">unowned</code><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"> for
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this is not the first time it comes as a new question. Shortly
speaking, it is `false` only because you used `unowned`. If you you
can grantee it always exists. Just use it directly, this is what
`unowned` for. If you can't grantee that. You should use `weak` and
check it with `if let` or `if foo == nil`</span></div>
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<p>Hi there,</p>
<p>I just can’t get my head around mutable views and COW.</p>
<p>Here is a small example:</p>
<pre><code class="m_-1570369729679475600m_8960081155502691664m_5359467609274298590swift">final class Storage {
var keys: [String] = []
var values: [Int] = []
}
public struct Document {
var _storageReference: Storage
public init() {
self._storageReference = Storage()
}
public init(_ values: DocumentValues) {
self._storageReference = values._storageReference
}
public var values: DocumentValues {
get { return DocumentValues(self) }
set { self = Document(newValue) }
}
}
public struct DocumentValues : MutableCollection {
unowned var _storageReference: Storage
init(_ document: Document) {
self._storageReference = document._storageReference
}
public var startIndex: Int {
return self._<a href="http://storageReference.keys.st" target="_blank">storageReference.keys.st</a><wbr>artIndex
}
public var endIndex: Int {
return self._storageReference.keys.en<wbr>dIndex
}
public func index(after i: Int) -> Int {
return self._<a href="http://storageReference.keys.in" target="_blank">storageReference.keys.in</a><wbr>dex(after: i)
}
public subscript(position: Int) -> Int {
get { return _storageReference.values[posit<wbr>ion] }
set { self._storageReference.values[<wbr>position] = newValue } // That will break COW
}
}
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<p>First of all the <code>_storageReference</code> property is
<code>unowned</code> because I wanted to check the following:</p>
<pre><code class="m_-1570369729679475600m_8960081155502691664m_5359467609274298590swift">var document = Document()
print(CFGetRetainCount(documen<wbr>t._storageReference)) //=> 2
print(isKnownUniquelyReference<wbr>d(&document._storageReference)<wbr>) // true
var values = document.values
print(CFGetRetainCount(values.<wbr>_storageReference)) //=> 2
print(isKnownUniquelyReference<wbr>d(&values._storageReference)) // false
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<p>Why is the second check false, even if the property is marked as
<code>unowned</code> for the view?</p>
<p>Next up, I don’t have an idea how to correctly COW optimize this
view. Assume the following scenario:</p>
<p>Scenario A:</p>
<pre><code class="m_-1570369729679475600m_8960081155502691664m_5359467609274298590swift">var document = Document()
// just assume we already added some values and can mutate safely on a given index
// mutation in place
document.values[0] = 10
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<p>VS:</p>
<p>Scenario B:</p>
<pre><code class="m_-1570369729679475600m_8960081155502691664m_5359467609274298590swift">var document = Document()
let copy = document
// just assume we already added some values and can mutate safely on a given index
// mutation in place
document.values[0] = 10 // <--- this should only mutate `document` but not `copy`
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<p>We could change the subscript setter on the mutable view like
this:</p>
<pre><code class="m_-1570369729679475600m_8960081155502691664m_5359467609274298590swift">set {
if !isKnownUniquelyReferenced(&se<wbr>lf._storageReference) {
self._storageReference = ... // clone
}
self._storageReference.values[<wbr>position] = newValue
}
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<p>There is only one problem here. We’d end up cloning the storage
every time, because as shown in the very first example, even with
<code>unowned</code> the function
<code>isKnownUniquelyReferenced</code> will return false for
scenario A.</p>
<p>Any suggestions?</p>
<p>PS: In general I also wouldn’t want to use <code>unowned</code>
because the view should be able to outlive it’s parent.</p>
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