SceneKit particleSystem.handle Swift3 implementation of Objective-C code @ https://developer.apple.com/documentation/scenekit/scnparticlesystem/1523251-handle

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  particleSystem.handle(SCNParticleEvent.birth, forProperties [SCNParticleSystem.ParticleProperty.color]) {
    (data:UnsafeMutablePointer<UnsafeMutableRawPointer>, dataStride:UnsafeMutablePointer<Int>, indicies:UnsafeMutablePointer<UInt32>?, count:Int) in

    for i in 0..<count {

        // get an UnsafeMutableRawPointer to the i-th rgba element in the data
        let colorsPointer:UnsafeMutableRawPointer = data[0] + dataStride[0] * i

        //  convert the UnsafeMutableRawPointer to a typed pointer by binding it to a type:
        let floatPtr = colorsPointer.bindMemory(to: Float.self, capacity: dataStride[0])
        
        // convert that to a an  UnsafeMutableBufferPointer
        var rgbaBuffer = UnsafeMutableBufferPointer(start: floatPtr, count: dataStride[0])
        
        // At this point, I could convert the buffer to an Array, but doing so copies the data into the array
        // and any changes made in the array are not reflected in the original data.  

        // about half the time, mess with the red and green components
        if(arc4random_uniform(2) == 1) {
            rgbaBuffer[0] = rgbaBuffer[1]
            rgbaBuffer[1] = 0
        }
    }
 }