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# C++ Interoperability Oddities
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C++ APIs may have slightly different behavior than other C++ APIs. This is a general catch-all document where these
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oddities are recorded along with a few other things that are good to know when using C++ interop.
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**Parameters with reference types**
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Parameters that have mutable reference types are bridged as inout. Parameters with immutable reference types (const ref)
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are bridged as value types. ⚠️ This will change as soon as Swift has a way to represent immutable borrows. ⚠️
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**Lifetimes**
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Currently, lifetimes are extended to the end of the lexical scope if any unsafe pointers are used in that scope. TODO:
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this should be updated to extend lifetimes whenever a C++ type is used in that scope. Currently, if there is no
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unsafe pointer used in the scope, then normal Swift lifetime rules apply.
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**Borrowing Self**
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For mutating methods, self is borrowed and the access to self lasts for the duration of the call. For non-mutating
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methods, the access to self is currently instantaneous. ⚠️ In the very near future we plan to borrow self in both cases.
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This will be a source breaking change from what native Swift methods do. ⚠️
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_More to come soon :)_
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