Swift Evolution Monthly: May-November 2024
Discover the latest Swift updates, from Objective-C compatibility improvements to metatype keypaths, trailing commas, and new compiler controls—plus a must-have app for tracking proposals!
Your guide to Swift Evolution

Discover the latest Swift updates, from Objective-C compatibility improvements to metatype keypaths, trailing commas, and new compiler controls—plus a must-have app for tracking proposals!

Swift 6 around the corner, Swift Backtrace APIs for improved Debugging, Improving Concurrency, a new Swift Steering Workgroup, and much more. Summarizing the best of Swift Evolution from February to April 2024.

Smoothing out some rough edges in Swift concurrency. System-level programming with low-level atomics. And many interesting new proposals linked!

Our biggest wish came true: Explaining Typed Throws in Swift. Also: Improved namespacing and reduced dependency creep. And 14 more proposals linked!

WWDC 23 Aftermath, 0 Proposals Accepted in June, Milestone: #400, 2 new Proposals & 10 Pitches linked, OpenAPI Generator.

"package" Modifier, Noncopyable structs/enums, Custom Actor Executors, Freestanding Declaration Macros, more Packs.