Swift Concurrency synchronisation methods
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In the context of Swift Concurrency synchronization methods, the WWDC sessions provide insights into new low-level primitives introduced in Swift 6. The synchronization module in Swift 6 introduces atomics and mutexes as synchronization methods. Atomics are generic over any type and provide an efficient, lock-free implementation on the platform. They should be stored in let properties for safe concurrent access, and all operations on atomics are explicit with memory ordering arguments. Similarly, mutexes should also be stored in let properties and accessed via the with lock method to ensure mutually exclusive access.
For more detailed information, you can refer to the session titled "What’s new in Swift" where these synchronization methods are discussed. You can find this information starting at the timestamp 28:43.
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