Swift seems nice, but cannot write simple function such as converting array to UnsafePointer
I'm writing an iOS accelerated framework application with Swift and it's frequently necessary to convert Swift array to unsafe pointer. However the conversion function I wrote cannot be compiled. Does anybody know what's wrong with this function? func aryToUnsafePointer<T>(ary:T[]) -> UnsafePointer<T> { return UnsafePointer<T>((&ary as CMutablePointer<T>).value) } The error is 'T[]' is not a subtype of '@lvalue $T1' problem solved thanks to Justin It is not allowed to take "&" of argument directly, so changing function like this will work. func aryToUnsafePointer<T>(ary:T[]) -> UnsafePointer<T> { var a = ary return UnsafePointer<T>((&a as CMutablePointer<T>).value) } Now I understand the reason, but it seems a bit odd to me, though.