what's new if swift?

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What's New in Swift

Swift 6 Language Mode

  • Data Race Safety: Swift 6 introduces a new language mode that provides data race safety guarantees, helping developers write correct concurrent programs. This is a significant step in expanding Swift's safety guarantees to concurrent programming.
  • Non-Copyable Types: Swift 6 introduces non-copyable types, which are not copyable by default, enhancing memory management and performance.
  • Embedded Swift: A new language subset called Embedded Swift is introduced, which can run on highly constrained systems, making Swift more versatile.

Improvements and Features

  • Concurrency Model: Continued improvements to the concurrency model, including better data race checking and complete concurrency checking.
  • C++ Interoperability: Enhanced interoperability with C++, making it easier to integrate Swift with existing C++ codebases.
  • Typed Throws: Introduction of typed throws, which allows functions to specify the types of errors they can throw, improving error handling.
  • Low-Level Synchronization Primitives: New primitives for low-level synchronization, providing more control over concurrent programming.

Ecosystem and Tools

  • Swift Package Manager: Ongoing improvements to the Swift Package Manager, making it easier to manage dependencies and build Swift projects.
  • Swift Testing: New testing APIs designed for Swift, making it easier to write and maintain tests.
  • Swift Assist: A new tool called Swift Assist will be available later this year, enhancing the developer experience with predictive completion and other features.

Community and Open Source

  • GitHub Migration: The Swift project will be moving to a new organization on GitHub (swiftlang), which will include the Swift Compiler foundation and many more Swift ecosystem packages.
  • Cross-Platform Development: Continued efforts to make Swift available on more platforms, including Windows and Linux, and improving cross-platform development tools.

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