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Modifying immutable structs without var in Swift
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protocol ImmutableCopy { | |
associatedtype InitializerTuple | |
var lastInitParams: AnyInitializerParams<InitializerTuple> { get } | |
func copy(from: (InitializerTuple) -> Self, applying: (inout InitializerTuple) -> Void) -> Self | |
} | |
extension ImmutableCopy { | |
func copy(from: (InitializerTuple) -> Self, applying: (inout InitializerTuple) -> Void) -> Self { | |
var values = lastInitParams.values | |
applying(&values) | |
return from(values) | |
} | |
} | |
// This type exists so types that inherit ImmutableCopy can be Equatable/Codable/Hashable and so on | |
// TODO: Make this type all of that | |
struct AnyInitializerParams<Tuple> { | |
let values: Tuple | |
init(_ values: Tuple) { | |
self.values = values | |
} | |
} | |
struct MyStruct: ImmutableCopy { | |
// | |
typealias InitializerTuple = (a: Int, b: String) | |
let lastInitParams: AnyInitializerParams<InitializerTuple> | |
// | |
let a: Int | |
let b: String | |
init(a: Int, b: String) { | |
self.a = a | |
self.b = b | |
self.lastInitParams = AnyInitializerParams((a, b)) | |
} | |
} | |
///////////// | |
let a = MyStruct(a: 1, b: "") | |
let b = a.copy(from: MyStruct.init(a:b:)) { values in | |
values.b = "2" | |
} | |
dump(a) // MyStruct(a: 1, b: "") | |
dump(b) // MyStruct(a: 1, b: "2") | |
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