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Memory address String of AnyObject instance in Swift
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MemoryAddress.swift
extension MemoryLayout where T: AnyObject {
/// Returns the memory address of the given instance.
/// - Parameter instance: The instance to inspect.
/// - Returns: A hex string representation of the memory address without leading zeros (e.g. `0x102f6dda0`).
@inline(__always)
public static func address(of instance: T) -> String {
"0x"+String(UInt(bitPattern: ObjectIdentifier(instance)), radix: 16, uppercase: false)
}
}
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ctreffs commented Oct 22, 2020

For reference see how Swift does it internally:

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