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Swift 4.2 Release Process

Swift 4.2 serves as a step towards ABI stability in Swift 5, incorporating ABI changes for performance, bug fixes, and targeted improvements to compile-time speed.

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Code Size Optimization Mode in Swift 4.1

Swift 4.1 adds a new optimisation mode called -Osize. This mode helps reduce code size by 5 to 30 percent in some projects.

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Monthly update #0333 • January 2018

Monthly update 333 • January 2018 • 2018-01-01 - 2018-01-31

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Swift Forums Now Open!

The Swift project has moved its main discussions from mailing lists to Swift Forums. The old mailing lists are shut down and archived, with their content imported into the new system.

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Conditional Conformance in the Standard Library

Swift 4.1 adds conditional conformances, which let generic types like Array and Optional conform to protocols such as Equatable or Hashable only when their elements do.

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Monthly update #0332 • December 2017

Monthly update 332 • December 2017 • 2017-12-01 - 2017-12-31

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