Swift 5.9: Exploring Interop and an Arranged Marriage with C++

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Covers Swift 5.9’s new bidirectional C++ interoperability: what capabilities the direct Swift↔C++ interop provides, what current limitations remain, and demonstrates attempting to add that interop into a real project. It discusses practical implications and examples of using the Swift 5.9 interop with existing C++ code.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:26Swift-C++ interop tasks
3. 4:18Calling C++ from Swift
4. 11:25Importing types and classes
5. 15:03Reference types and constraints
6. 21:12Available standard types
7. 25:27Xcode project setup
8. 28:24Qt integration demo
9. 40:28Summary and outlook
10. 41:30Q&A

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