Using [unowned self] In a Closure To Reference Self Safely

Daily Coding Tip 280

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When I explored the use of implicit self after unwrapping [weak self] in Daily Coding Tip 276, it was an example of a new Swift 5.8 feature. That feature made it possible to reference functions and properties inside a closure, but only after optional binding occurs.

With [unowned self], the reference to self is not optional…