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Swift 5.5: Asynchronous Looping With Async/Await
In an earlier article, I introduced the Swift 5.5 async/await syntax that lies at the heart of Swift’s new structured concurrency. To do so, I demonstrated how to replace a common use case of Grand Central Dispatch (GCD) — switching from the main thread to a background thread and then back to the main thread …
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Swift 5.5: Replacing GCD With Async/Await
Multithreading! The mere word sends shivers up one’s spine. And if it doesn’t, it should. Main thread and background threads. Code that runs asynchronously. Code that can run simultaneously with other code. Code that can run simultaneously with itself. Code that can share data across threads — possibly with disastrous consequences. Concurrency. Multithreaded code is …
