No, this is a consequence of structures being passed by value to property 
accessors. The getter doesn't return a reference to the frame, it returns a 
copy of it, so it is accompanied by a hidden set operation where it replaces 
the whole thing.

Félix

> Le 23 déc. 2015 à 11:09:43, Kevin Lundberg via swift-evolution 
> <[email protected]> a écrit :
> 
> I believe Ian is correct in that changing any struct's value in any way 
> creates a whole new struct.
> See http://swiftstub.com/635749345 <http://swiftstub.com/635749345> for proof 
> (the didSet property observer fires every time a change happens to the 
> struct).
> 
>> On Dec 23, 2015, at 11:00 AM, Lino Rosa via swift-evolution 
>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> Reassigning structures will create new ones. Mutating functions and 
>> reassigning its properties won't: they mutate it.
>> On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 10:51 AM Ian Ynda-Hummel <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> I thought structures were immutable and mutating functions actually just 
>> created new structures, thus maintaining the by value semantics.
>> On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 10:45 AM Lino Rosa via swift-evolution 
>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> I believe the language would be improved by making structures immutable.
>> 
>> 1) The choice between classes and structures isn’t clear right now. If 
>> structures were immutable it would be natural to use them as value objects.
>> 
>> 2) Refactoring a mutable structure into a class when it’s being passed 
>> around multiple threads removes the by-value semantics seamlessly. The 
>> resulting mutable class isn’t thread-safe.
>> 
>> 2.1) Even when passed around a single thread, the resulting class would be 
>> passed by reference, so any mutations would have unintended consequences.
>> 
>> 3) We could probably remove some syntax: `mutating` keyword and variable 
>> parameters. Also the `var` keyword before a structure could be used to 
>> denote reassignment (not mutability), just as it does with classes.
>> 
>> Of corse I might not be seeing the whole picture, so please weigh in.
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