How to cast a struct to Anyobject in Swift 2?

Question

I have,

struct S {}

Along with,

func y (x: S) -> AnyObject {}

In Swift 2, is it possible to, within y(),

return x

My current code:

struct S {let value: Int = 0}
let x = S()
func y(x: S) -> AnyObject {return x}

Yields the following error:

return expression of type 'S' does not conform to type 'AnyObject'

Is there a way to mitigate this?

Is there any reason why your struct can't be a class that conforms to AnyObject? — JAL
– JAL, Commented Nov 25, 2015 at 16:50
I use a struct here because I create several hundreds of them, and as such, making the struct a class would not only slow down my application, but also make it less efficient and more error prone. See: stackoverflow.com/questions/24232799/… — Brandon Bradley
– Brandon Bradley, Commented Nov 25, 2015 at 16:56
I think you are reading too much into that discussion. Structs are value objects, which lets the compiler make some simplifying assumptions, but in the real world it's likely that you won't be able to detect the difference in performance. If you need a class object, (inheritance, need to pass by reference, etc.) then use one. — Duncan C
– Duncan C, Commented Nov 25, 2015 at 17:41
Alright, I changed it to a class and it works. Thanks for the help. — Brandon Bradley
– Brandon Bradley, Commented Nov 25, 2015 at 17:45

Duncan C · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-25 16:44:50Z

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A Struct cannot conform to AnyObject. It can only conform to Any

answered Nov 25, 2015 at 16:44

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Could I create a controller class that takes the struct that operates on the struct?