Understanding Swift's @isolated(any) Attribute for Async Concurrency Control
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Summary
This article explains the Swift programming language's @isolated(any) attribute, introduced to provide more visibility and control over scheduling asynchronous work. It discusses the contradictions and nuances of the attribute, including that it must always take an argument but that argument cannot vary. The article connects @isolated(any) to async functions and explores how it gives developers finer control over concurrency in Swift.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledAhh, @isolated(any). It's an attribute of contradictions.
You might see it a lot, but it's ok to ignore it.
You don't need to use it, but I think it should be used more.
It must always take an argument, but that argument cannot vary.
There are cases where just a little more visibility and control over how to schedule asynchronous work can make all the difference.
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