September 17, 2024
Swift 6 released
Apple shipped SwiftApple's language for iOS, macOS, and server apps — designed for safety and performance. 6 on September 17, 2024 with compile-time data-race safety available via an opt-in language mode.
What it was for
SwiftApple's language for iOS, macOS, and server apps — designed for safety and performance. 6 turns data races into compile-time errors when projects enable the SwiftApple's language for iOS, macOS, and server apps — designed for safety and performance. 6 language mode — critical for iOSApple's mobile operating system — runs iPhone and iPad with a sandboxed app ecosystem. apps mixing async networking and UIUser interface — the parts of software people see and interact with. updates. It completes Apple's push toward safer concurrent SwiftApple's language for iOS, macOS, and server apps — designed for safety and performance. after years of incremental concurrency features since SwiftApple's language for iOS, macOS, and server apps — designed for safety and performance. 5.5.
Companies
- Apple
Why it's here
SwiftApple's language for iOS, macOS, and server apps — designed for safety and performance. 6 is Apple's biggest language safety upgrade since optionals.
Why it mattered
Compile-time data-race detection raises the bar for concurrent mobile and server SwiftApple's language for iOS, macOS, and server apps — designed for safety and performance..
What it solved
Async/await adoption exposed subtle threading bugs that only crashed in production.
Media
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Related
- Swift programming language announced at WWDCJune 2, 2014
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