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title: "Should you opt-in to Swift 6.2’s Main Actor isolation? – Donny Wals"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/should-you-opt-in-to-swift-6-2-s-main-actor-isolation-donny-wals-n4cyosvtk
source_url: https://www.donnywals.com/should-you-opt-in-to-swift-6-2s-main-actor-isolation/
type: article
source: "Donny Wals"
published: 2025-09-11T14:09:21.970Z
updated: 2025-09-11T14:09:43.406Z
tags: ["ios", "swift", "xcode"]
reading_time: 12
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# Should you opt-in to Swift 6.2’s Main Actor isolation? – Donny Wals

**[Donny Wals](https://daily.dev/sources/donnywals)** · 12 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Swift 6.2 introduces a compiler flag that isolates code to the main actor by default, reversing the previous approach of introducing concurrency everywhere. This change simplifies code by requiring explicit opt-in for background threading rather than explicit opt-out. The post examines the benefits of main actor isolation, including reduced data race potential and simpler code structure, while discussing performance implications and providing guidance on when to enable this feature for app targets versus SPM packages.

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