swiftpointersinout

Immutable value as inout argument

I would like to have a pointer as a parameter of a class. But when I am trying to code the init, I am having this error: Cannot pass immutable value of type 'AnyObject?' as inout argument

class MyClass {
    var valuePointer: UnsafeMutablePointer<AnyObject?>

    init(value: inout AnyObject?) {
        self.valuePointer = &value
    }
}

I would like to create some instance of MyClass which can all refer to the same "value". Then, when I am editing this value in this class, it would change everywhere else.

This is the first time I'm working with pointer in Swift. I guess I am doing it wrong...

Solution

  • For those who has the cannot pass immutable value as inout argument error. Check that your argument is not optional first. Inout type doesn't seems to like optional values.