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AI-generatedWeak self vs unowned self in Swift closures: choosing the right capture
Developers need to decide whether to capture self as weak or unowned in a Swift closure to break retain cycles while avoiding crashes. The choice hinges on the lifetime relationship between the closure and the object it captures, a detail that is not always obvious in complex view‑controller or networking code. Because [unowned self] assumes that self will n
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