# Weak closure reference

**URL:** <https://forums.swift.org/t/weak-closure-reference/16085>\
**Category:** Discussion\
**Created:** [September 11, 2018, 9:05pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/weak-closure-reference/16085 "2018-09-11T21:05:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![anandabits](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/swift/user_avatar/forums.swift.org/anandabits/32/355_2.png) [@anandabits](https://forums.swift.org/u/anandabits)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 9:42pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/weak-closure-reference/16085/3 "2018-09-11T21:42:29Z")

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This topic has come up before in one of the discussions lined to here: [Guarded closures](https://forums.swift.org/t/guarded-closures/11029). You may find those threads worth reading for background on the topic.

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