Why not support var myArray: [weak MyClass]

[xwu (Xiaodi Wu)]

Proposal: Weak Native Swift Containers

Containers of weak references are valuable, but I suspect they will need to be completely distinct from Array and Set and Dictionary. The problem is that a weak reference can become nil at any time. This subverts the value semantics of Swift's current containers and defeats assumptions that typical container algorithms make. (For example, a typical sorting algorithm assumes that comparison results between two elements are consistent over time, but that isn't true if a weak reference disappears w…