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Explain the Cold concept in the context of using Combine in Swift.

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In Combine in Swift, the concept of Cold Publisher means that the publisher does not start generating and sending values until a subscriber subscribes to it.

That is, each subscriber receives its own data stream from the moment of subscription, and data is not generated in advance.

Example:

let publisher = [1, 2, 3].publisher // Cold publisher

publisher.sink { print("Subscriber 1 received: \($0)") }
publisher.sink { print("Subscriber 2 received: \($0)") }

In this example, both subscribers will receive all values from the beginning because the publisher is "cold" and starts emitting data only upon subscription.