Swift runtime crash when closure passed as @noescape is mistakenly identified as having escaped (Nimble)

Originator:benchatelain
Number:rdar://40857699 Date Originated:2018-06-06
Status:Closed Resolved:2018-07-03
Product:macOS SDK / Something not on this list Product Version:Xcode 10.0 beta 1 (10L176w), Default Swift toolchain
Classification:Bug, Crash/Hang/Data Loss Reproducible:Always
 
Summary:
Running the test suite for the Nimble testing framework (at commit f875d73fc22b388bce9cefe405c92d0b98dc0e6c, master as of 2018-06-06)
causes the following runtime exception:

Thread 1: closure argument passed as @noescape to Objective-C has escaped: file /Users/phatblat/dev/ios/pods/Nimble/Sources/Nimble/DSL+Wait.swift, line 57, column 38

screenshot:
https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/909674/41007167-68dd1b2c-68d9-11e8-8313-abbe980eecb6.png

https://github.com/Quick/Nimble/blob/master/Sources/Nimble/DSL%2BWait.swift#L57

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Clone the Nimble framework from GitHub
2. Check out the master branch (commit f875d73fc22b388bce9cefe405c92d0b98dc0e6c)
3. Run the test suite

Expected Results:
The test suite completes successfully.

Actual Results:
The test suite fails to complete due to the following runtime exception:

Thread 1: closure argument passed as @noescape to Objective-C has escaped: file /Users/phatblat/dev/ios/pods/Nimble/Sources/Nimble/DSL+Wait.swift, line 57, column 38

Version/Build:
Xcode 10.0 beta 1 (10L176w)
OS X 10.13.5 (17F77)

Configuration: (hardware)
MacBook 12-inch (MacBook8,1), Early 2015

Workaround:
WWDC Lab engineers suggested removing the  __attribute__((noescape)) from the Objective-C declaration and implementation and adding @escaping on the Swift side where the closure is passed in.

Comments

Fixed in Xcode 10 beta 3

The fix for this issue got a callout in the release notes 🎉🆒

By benchatelain at July 25, 2018, 8:03 p.m. (reply...)

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