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Release/retain functions for C++ foreign reference types might return a reference count as an integer value.

Swift previously emitted an error for such functions, saying that the retain/release functions need to return void or a reference to the value.

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@egorzhdan egorzhdan added the c++ interop Feature: Interoperability with C++ label Aug 15, 2025
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@swift-ci please smoke test

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Release/retain functions for C++ foreign reference types might return a reference count as an integer value.

Swift previously emitted an error for such functions, saying that the retain/release functions need to return void or a reference to the value.

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@egorzhdan egorzhdan force-pushed the egorzhdan/retain-release-unsigned branch from 30f0ad8 to 3887ed0 Compare August 15, 2025 16:31
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@swift-ci please smoke test

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@egorzhdan egorzhdan merged commit d8edd86 into swiftlang:main Aug 18, 2025
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