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SOLVED: Question about DataController in Ultimate Portfolio App; why class instead of struct?

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@dah444  HWS+

I just had a quick question about this.. what are the advantages of defining the datacontroller as a class rather than struct (persistence controller) like in the Xcode template core data apps?

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@roosterboy  HWS+

So it can be passed around as an EnvironmentObject. Those have to conform to ObservableObject and only classes can do that.

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