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WeakReference

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An existential weak reference. Use this wrapper class to pass around weakly-referenced instances of an object.

Installation

WeakReference is currently distributed exclusively through the Swift Package Manager.

To add WeakReference as a dependency to an existing Swift package, add the following line of code to the dependencies parameter of your Package.swift file:

dependencies: [
    .package(url: "https://github.com/vsanthanam/WeakReference.git", .upToNextMajor(from: "1.0.0"))
]

To add AnyAsyncSequence as a dependency to an Xcode Project:

Other distribution mechanisms like CocoaPods or Carthage may be added in the future.

Additional installation instructions are available on the Swift Package Index

Usage

import WeakReference

var obj: MyObj? = .init( ... )
let weakReference = weak(obj!)

assert(weakReference.obj != nil)

obj = nil

assert(weakReference.obj == nil)

See the complete documentation for more information.

License

WeakReference is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more information.