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title: "“Trait-ifying” our libraries to reduce transitive dependencies"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/trait-ifying-our-libraries-to-reduce-transitive-dependencies-gsdlzsapv
source_url: https://www.pointfree.co/blog/posts/216-trait-ifying-our-libraries-to-reduce-transitive-dependencies
type: article
source: "Point-Free Pointers"
published: 2026-06-24T17:32:21.186Z
updated: 2026-06-24T17:32:50.438Z
tags: ["swift"]
reading_time: 3
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comments: 0
language: en
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# “Trait-ifying” our libraries to reduce transitive dependencies

**[Point-Free Pointers](https://daily.dev/sources/pointfree)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Point-Free is adopting SwiftPM traits across their Swift libraries to let users opt out of transitive dependencies they don't need. Using SwiftNavigation as a test bed, developers can now specify traits like `CasePaths` and `Perception` in Package.swift to avoid pulling in libraries like CustomDump, IssueReporting, and Sharing. The Dependencies library also supports traits to omit clock/Combine scheduler registrations and even Foundation/FoundationNetworking for Wasm and Android targets. Xcode provides a new UI for managing these traits. More libraries, including ComposableArchitecture 2.0, are getting the same treatment.

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