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iOS Build a Restaurant Reviews App Simplifying Networking Code Implementing a Generic Fetch Method

Marlon Burnett
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Marlon Burnett
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Couldn't you just use the init? method of the JSONDecodable T instead of requiring a parse closure ?

In the video you request a parse func to convert the JSON to the T object. I was wondering why not use the init? defined on the JSONDecodable T instead. Any thoughts on this ? Tks a lot.