How to use Swift @autoclosure

Question

I noticed when writing an assert in Swift that the first value is typed as

@autoclosure() -> Bool

with an overloaded method

Answer 1

@autoclosure is a function parameter which accept a cooked function(or returned type) meanwhile a general closure accept a raw function

• @autoclosure argument type parameter must be '()'

  @autoclosure ()
  

• @autoclosure accept any function with only appropriate returned type
• Result of closure is calculated by demand

Let's take a look at example

func testClosures() {

    //closures
    XCTAssertEqual("fooWithClosure0 foo0", fooWithClosure0(p: foo0))
    XCTAssertEqual("fooWithClosure1 foo1 1", fooWithClosure1(p: foo1))
    XCTAssertEqual("fooWithClosure2 foo2 3", fooWithClosure2(p: foo2))

    XCTAssertEqual("fooWithClosure2 foo2 3", fooWithClosure2(p: { (i1, i2) -> String in
        return "fooWithClosure2 " + "foo2 " + String(i1 + i2)
    }))

    //@autoclosure
    XCTAssertEqual("fooWithAutoClosure HelloWorld", fooWithAutoClosure(a: "HelloWorld"))

    XCTAssertEqual("fooWithAutoClosure foo0", fooWithAutoClosure(a: foo0()))
    XCTAssertEqual("fooWithAutoClosure foo1 1", fooWithAutoClosure(a: foo1(i1: 1)))
    XCTAssertEqual("fooWithAutoClosure foo2 3", fooWithAutoClosure(a: foo2(i1: 1, i2: 2)))

}

//functions block
func foo0() -> String {
    return "foo0"
}

func foo1(i1: Int) -> String {
    return "foo1 " + String(i1)
}

func foo2(i1: Int, i2: Int) -> String {
    return "foo2 " + String(i1 + i2)
}

//closures block
func fooWithClosure0(p: () -> String) -> String {
    return "fooWithClosure0 " + p()
}

func fooWithClosure1(p: (Int) -> String) -> String {
    return "fooWithClosure1 " + p(1)
}

func fooWithClosure2(p: (Int, Int) -> String) -> String {
    return "fooWithClosure2 " + p(1, 2)
}

//@autoclosure
func fooWithAutoClosure(a: @autoclosure () -> String) -> String {
    return "fooWithAutoClosure " + a()
}