> 14 Dec. 2017 17:52 Inder Kumar Rathore . via swift-evolution
> <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote:
>
> class MyClass {
> private var myDict = [String : String]()
>
> func addMemebr() {
> self.myDict["key"] = "value" // Ok for me
> }
>
> func anotherFunc() {
> self.myDict = [String : String]() // Not okay for me, I don't want any
> code to do this within the class
> }
> }
But in Swift, since myDict is a Dictionary, it is *one* value, so it doesn't
make sense to allow one but not the other. Also, since it is one value, you
will not be able to detect the difference between setting a part of a
dictionary and the whole dictionary. If Dictionary had been a class, there
would be a non-changing reference, but there isn't in this case. Conceptually,
the whole dictionary is copied every time you set it or assign it.
/Magnus
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