What I'm trying to say is that P is a protocol and not a class, so it does not
conform to AnyObject. P does not conform to P.
It is in some sense a language limitation that we cant express what you're
talking about. If we weren't using mailing lists it would be easier to search
for "protocol self-conformance" on swift-evo and to read the earlier discussion
about it.
>
> On Sep 2, 2016 at 1:04 am, <Howard Lovatt (mailto:howard.lov...@gmail.com)>
> wrote:
>
>
> @Karl,
>
>
> You say "In the second example, you’re creating WeakReference<P>. P does not
> conform to P or to AnyObject.", but P does conform to AnyObject.
>
>
>
> I suspect it is a compiler limitation/ bug.
>
>
>
> -- Howard.
>
> On Thursday, 1 September 2016, Karl <razie...@gmail.com
> (mailto:razie...@gmail.com)> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > > On 1 Sep 2016, at 03:23, Howard Lovatt via swift-users
> > > <swift-users@swift.org
> > > (javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','swift-users@swift.org');)> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Playing around I found that if you make the protocol @objc instead of
> > > AnyObject then it works :). EG:
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > struct WeakReference<T: AnyObject> {
> > > >
> > > > weak var value: T?
> > > >
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > @objc protocol P { // Note @objc, class or AnyObject does not work
> > > >
> > > > var i: Int { get }
> > > >
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > class CP: P {
> > > >
> > > > var i: Int = 0
> > > >
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > let weakPs: [WeakReference<P>] = [WeakReference(value: cP)] // Note
> > > > typed as `[WeakReference<P>]`
> > > >
> > > > print("P: \(weakPs[0].value!.i)") // 0
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Not a 'pure' Swift solution :(, but OK in my case.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -- Howard.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 29 August 2016 at 16:21, Howard Lovatt <howard.lov...@gmail.com
> > > (javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','howard.lov...@gmail.com');)> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I am wanting to use weak references in generic data structures; in the
> > > > example below Array, but in general any generic type. I can almost get
> > > > it to work :(
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > My experiments started off well; the following works:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > // Array of weak references OK
> > > > >
> > > > > struct WeakReference<T: AnyObject> {
> > > > >
> > > > > weak var value: T?
> > > > >
> > > > > }
> > > > >
> > > > > class C {
> > > > >
> > > > > var i: Int = 0
> > > > >
> > > > > }
> > > > >
> > > > > let c = C() // Strong reference to prevent collection
> > > > >
> > > > > let weakCs = [WeakReference(value: c)] // OK
> > > > >
> > > > > print("C: \(weakCs[0].value!.i)") // 0
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > I can add a protocol:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > // Array of weak references that implements a protocol OK
> > > > >
> > > > > protocol P: AnyObject { // Note AnyObject
> > > > >
> > > > > var i: Int { get }
> > > > >
> > > > > }
> > > > >
> > > > > class CP: P {
> > > > >
> > > > > var i: Int = 0
> > > > >
> > > > > }
> > > > >
> > > > > let cP = CP() // Strong reference to prevent collection
> > > > >
> > > > > let weakCPs = [WeakReference(value: cP)] // OK
> > > > >
> > > > > print("CP: \(weakCPs[0].value!.i)") // 0
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > But when I want an array of weak references to the protocol I get an
> > > > error:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > // Array of weak references of a protocol not OK
> > > > >
> > > > > let weakPs: [WeakReference<P>] = [WeakReference(value: cP)] // Using
> > > > > 'P' as a concrete type conforming to protocol 'AnyObject' is not
> > > > > supported
> > > > >
> > > > > print("P: \(weakPs[0].value!.i)") // 0
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Is there something I have missed?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > The error message, "Using 'P' as a concrete type conforming to protocol
> > > > 'AnyObject' is not supported", implies that it is a temporary
> > > > limitation of the compiler; is this going to be fixed? Should I lodge a
> > > > bug report?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance for any advice,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -- Howard.
> > > >
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> >
> > Your problem is protocol self-conformance. In the first example, you’re
> > creating WeakReference<CP>. CP conforms to P and to AnyObject. In the
> > second example, you’re creating WeakReference<P>. P does not conform to P
> > or to AnyObject.
> >
> >
> >
> > As for why @objc fixes it? … ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ all bets are off whenever @objc gets
> > involved in anything.
> >
> >
> >
> > Karl
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> -- Howard.
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