Swift example of How to implement COW for custom value types.

COW-Impl.swift

final class Ref<T> {
  var val : T
  init(_ v : T) {val = v}
}

struct Box<T> {
    var ref : Ref<T>
    init(_ x : T) { ref = Ref(x) }

    var value: T {
        get { return ref.val }
        set {
          if (!isKnownUniquelyReferenced(&ref)) {
            ref = Ref(newValue)
            return
          }
          ref.val = newValue
        }
    }
}
// This code was an example taken from the swift repo doc file OptimizationTips 
// Link: https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/master/docs/OptimizationTips.rst#advice-use-copy-on-write-semantics-for-large-values