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iOS Build a Weather App with Swift Managing Complexity ForecastService

james bunn
james bunn
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Posted by james bunn
james bunn
2,377 Points

How is "completion: (CurrentWeather? -> Void)" a closure?

How is "completion: (CurrentWeather? -> Void )" a closure?

In the book, apple says closures take one of three forms:

  1. Global functions are closures that have a name and do not capture any values
  2. Nested functions are closures that have a name and can capture values from their enclosing function
  3. Closure expressions are unnamed closures written in a lightweight syntax that can capture values from their surrounding context

May I confirm which of the three forms the example closure above relates to?

Thanks so much!

1 Answer

Steven Deutsch
Steven Deutsch
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Steven Deutsch
Steven Deutsch
21,046 Points

Hey James Bunn,

Completion is a parameter of a function. This parameter takes a closure with the signature (CurrentWeather? -> Void). The closure expression would be written right inside of the parentheses after the function's local parameter name, much like writing a default value. If the closure is the last argument of the function, you can write it as a trailing closure, by pulling it outside of the parenthesis and writing it directly afterwards inside of curly braces.

Good Luck