Swift 5. 'withUnsafeBytes' is deprecated: use `withUnsafeBytes(...) instead

Question

I have the method which has to print the username when the user connected but the error withUnsafeBytes is deprecated: use withUnsafeBytes(_: (UnsafeRawBufferPointer) throws -> R) rethrows -> R instead pops up.

method:

    func joinChat(username: String) {
      let data = "iam:\(username)".data(using: .ascii)!
      self.username = username
      _ = data.withUnsafeBytes { outputStream.write($0, maxLength:    data.count) } //deprecated
    }

Somebody know how to solve it?

backslash-f · Answer 1 · 2019-04-03T13:49:59.247

It looks like withUnsafeBytes relies on assumingMemoryBound(to:) on Swift 5, there are some threads regarding it, e.g: https://forums.swift.org/t/how-to-use-data-withunsafebytes-in-a-well-defined-manner/12811

To silence that error, you could:

func joinChat(username: String) {
    let data = "iam:\(username)".data(using: .ascii)!
    self.username = username
    _ = data.withUnsafeBytes { dataBytes in
        let buffer: UnsafePointer<UInt8> = dataBytes.baseAddress!.assumingMemoryBound(to: UInt8.self)
        OutputStream(toMemory: ()).write(buffer, maxLength: dataBytes.count)
    }
}

But it seems unsafe and confusing. It would be better to go with @OOper solution I think.

Warning is stopping with this as stream! – Hope Jul 23 '19 at 08:59 — Hope, Jul 23 '19 at 08:59

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 02 '19 at 22:26

You may find some solutions on how to use new Data.withUnsafeBytes, but if you are using it just for calling OutputStream.write, you have another option:

func joinChat(username: String) {
    let str = "iam:\(username)"
    self.username = username
    outputStream.write(str, maxLength: str.utf8.count)
}

This code does not have a feature that crashes your app when username contains non-ascii characters, but other than that, it would work.

Swift 5. 'withUnsafeBytes' is deprecated: use `withUnsafeBytes(...) instead

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