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Miks on soovitatav kasutada nõrk viide iseendale (weak self) koodis, mis kasutab sulgus?

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Using a weak reference (weak self) in closures is necessary to prevent strong reference cycles (retain cycles), which lead to memory leaks.

When a closure captures self as a weak reference, and self contains that closure (for example, in a property), they hold onto each other, and neither object is released.

Example of using a weak reference:

someAsyncCall { [weak self] in
    guard let self = self else { return }
    self.doSomething()
}

Here, self is captured weakly, so if the self object is destroyed before the closure executes, it will not keep it in memory, preventing a leak.