RE: https://mastodon.social/@jaminguy/116242002233014997
We were somewhere around the edge of the desert when the push notifications began to take hold. I said "maybe you should drive" to my MacBook, which had been compiling Swift 6 for nine hours and was radiating enough heat to fry an egg on the trackpad. 🧵
The vision for improving approachability of #SwiftLang data-race safety is starting to come to life!
Changing async functions to run on the caller’s actor by default: https://forums.swift.org/t/se-0461-run-nonisolated-async-functions-on-the-callers-actor-by-default/77987
A mode to infer MainActor by default: https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-control-default-actor-isolation-inference/77482
Isolated conformances: https://forums.swift.org/t/pre-pitch-isolated-conformances/77726
Migration tooling for upcoming features: https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-adoption-tooling-for-upcoming-features/77936
And my favorite project: educational notes for data-race safety errors https://github.com/swiftlang/swift/pull/79509
Hi folks, The review of SE-0461: Run nonisolated async functions on the caller's actor by default begins now and runs through March 2, 2025. This proposal is one that's been contemplated in the recently approved vision document to improve the approachability of Swift's data-race safety facilities. Reviews are an important part of the Swift evolution process. All review feedback should be either on this forum thread or, if you would like to keep your feedback private, directly to the review ma...
Switzerland warns that malicious QR codes are being sent out via snail mail. 🐌
The letters claim to be promoting a new weather app from MeteoSwiss - but actually point to a malicious app that steals login credentials.
https://therecord.media/malware-delivered-by-mail-swiss-cyber-agency
The postal letters, dated to 12 November, claim to be offering people in the country a new weather app developed by the country's meteorological agency, however they contain a QR code redirecting people to a malicious application developed by fraudsters.
Holly Borla
Graham Cluley