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The concept of dispatch queues is discussed in the context of migrating an app to Swift 6, particularly in the session titled "Migrate your app to Swift 6" from WWDC 2024. The session highlights the challenges of managing concurrency with dispatch queues and how Swift concurrency can help streamline this process.
In the original app, multiple dispatch queues were used for different tasks, such as UI work on the main queue and background tasks on a separate dispatch queue. This setup could lead to confusion and potential data races, especially when callbacks from frameworks like HealthKit were executed on arbitrary queues.
Swift concurrency addresses these issues by providing explicit guarantees about where code is executed. For example, by using the main actor, you can ensure that UI updates are always performed on the main thread, reducing the risk of concurrency-related bugs.
For more detailed information, you can refer to the session Migrate your app to Swift 6 (19:29) where delegate callbacks and concurrency are discussed.
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