- A value of class type in Swift is never nil
var fileModificationDate: NSDate!
- Objective-C does not have a notion of a "never-nil" pointer
!
is an implicitly unwrapped optional- can be tested explicitly for nil
- can directly access properties/methods of the underlying value
- can be implicitly converted to its underlying value
WWDC 2014 Brain Lanier
- Cleaner alternative to using sentinels (
NULL
,NSNotFound
, etc.) to represent invalid values - optionals are initialized to nil by default
var optionalNumber: Int?
nil
is a sentinel value that works with any type- value is wrapped in optional by setter
optionalNumber = 6
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