Topics tagged metatype

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How do you convert a metatype to an existential which references it through a generic type which references it? Using Swift metatype	3	224	September 1, 2025
Is there a way to convert between an existential type and the existential metatype of the same protocol, statically? Using Swift protocols , metatype , existential	3	233	September 1, 2025
Why can you access an associated type but not a generic placeholder from a metatype instance? Using Swift generics , metatype	5	181	February 3, 2025
Swift 6 failing to implicitly open existentials? Using Swift metatype , existential	2	237	July 16, 2024
Is `_openExistential` still a legit strategy for opening `Any.Type` for Swift 5.X? Using Swift metatype , existential	2	1176	June 25, 2024
Is \MyType syntax taken, would it be a good synonym for… Using Swift keypaths , metatype	7	373	June 16, 2024
Strange behaviour of type(of:) on metatypes in generic context with optimized build Compiler generics , compiler , metatype	1	1027	December 28, 2023
Checking protocol conformances with metatypes Using Swift protocols , metatype	2	1037	March 15, 2023
Changing the description of a metatype? Using Swift string , metatype	0	435	December 22, 2022
Making a codable wrapper for metatypes, will I get into trouble by doing this? Using Swift codable , metatype	8	1858	November 17, 2022
Transform nested array metatype, where nested array has arbitrary depth Using Swift array , metatype	5	964	November 14, 2022
Inspecting a Metatype Using Swift reflection , metatype	5	1761	November 2, 2022
Can I express this abstraction (XPC rendezvous) with Swift's generics? Using Swift generics , metatype	0	778	May 26, 2022
What is `Metatype` that `type(of:)` returns? Using Swift generics , metatype	4	3397	May 10, 2022
How to type-erase a Swift PAT that exposes an `init`? Using Swift associatedtype , metatype , type-erasure	3	819	March 25, 2022
Can I write this function without having to pass an instance? Using Swift generics , metatype	3	750	December 20, 2021
Checking type equivalence properly Using Swift swift , metatype	2	655	November 9, 2021
Dynamic casting Any to a runtime optional type Using Swift type-casting , metatype , metadata , any	12	1699	September 16, 2021
What’s so special about UIView.init()? Using Swift inheritance , metatype	5	4064	May 13, 2021
Why there is no subtyping relation between existential meta types? Discussion metatype , subtyping , existential	11	1713	October 14, 2020
RFC: Dynamic Casting Specification Compiler cast , type-casting , metatype	3	2211	August 27, 2020
Type information loss when comparing generic variables with an array of metatypes Using Swift generics , metatype	2	785	November 10, 2019
Optionally optional metatypes Using Swift generics , metatype	6	1082	August 22, 2019