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by adamnemecek 3452 days ago
> I really didn't want to go back rewriting code every year.

The changes are mostly syntactic and like API changes. And Xcode has an integrated migration tool that's not too bad. I ported approx. 23KLOC of Swift (http://audiokit.io) from 2 to 3 in like 3 hours. And the changes are generally for the better.
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Grustaf 3452 days ago
Exactly my experience, I don't see why people complain about swift "always changing". I spent less than a working day in total on upgrading and I've been using only swift since it was launched. I don't like the new () requirement on method signature input types though...
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joelhaasnoot 3452 days ago
It can also be utter hell though if you rely on lots of external dependencies that don't share the same lifecycle.
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adamnemecek 3452 days ago
That is definitely true.
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