Immutable value as inout argument

Question

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...

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

You could send the pointer when initializing the object:

class MyClass {
    var valuePointer: UnsafeMutablePointer<AnyObject?>

    init(value: inout UnsafeMutablePointer<AnyObject?>) {
        self.valuePointer = value
    }
}

Just add the pointer reference when initializing MyClass:

let obj = MyClass(value: &obj2)

Answer 3

For someone faced the same issue with me:

Cannot pass immutable value as inout argument: implicit conversion from '' to '' requires a temporary

The code as below:

protocol FooProtocol {
    var a: String{get set}
}

class Foo: FooProtocol {
    var a: String
    init(a: String) {
        self.a = a
    }
}

func update(foo: inout FooProtocol) {
    foo.a = "new string"
}

var f = Foo(a: "First String")
update(foo: &f)//Error: Cannot pass immutable value as inout argument: implicit conversion from 'Foo' to 'FooProtocol' requires a temporary

Change from var f = Foo(a: "First String") to var f: FooProtocol = Foo(a: "First String") fixed the Error.