有没有办法检查委托是值还是引用类型?

Is there a way to check if a delegate is a value or a reference type?

假设我们有这样的事情:

protocol Delegate {}

struct Value: Delegate {}
class Reference: Delegate {}

struct Test {
    let delegate: Delegate
}

我们如何知道委托是结构(值类型)还是 class(引用类型)?

首先想到的是在复制委托后检查内存地址是否相等:

struct Test {
    let delegate: Delegate

    var isReferenceType: Bool {
        let copy = delegate

        let copyAddress = // ... get memory address of a copy
        let originalAddress = // ... get memory address of an original

        return copyAddress == originalAddress
    }
}

  1. 甚至可以这样做吗?
  2. 还有更多elegant/correct方法吗?
  3. 复制值类型可能是一项昂贵的操作?

每个 class 都符合 AnyClass 协议。但是枚举和结构不会。利用它,您可以检查它是 class 还是结构(甚至是枚举)

struct Test {
    let delegate: Delegate

    var isReferenceType: Bool {
        return type(of:delegate) is AnyClass
    }
}