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Making weak or lazy properties readonly
Basics article available: PropertiesIf you have a property in Swift that needs to be weak or lazy, you can still make it readonly by using private(set).
class Node {
private(set) weak var parent: Node?
private(set) lazy var children = [Node]()
func add(child: Node) {
children.append(child)
child.parent = self
}
}
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