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## Working with C++ References and View Types in Swift

<div class="info" markdown="1">
Swift 6.2 introduces a new [safe interoperability](https://www.swift.org/documentation/cxx-interop/safe-interop)
mode, which makes it possible to use C/C++ pointers and specific view types,
such as `std::span`, safely from Swift. We recommend enabling safe
interoperability mode, since it provides stronger safety guarantees. The
features described in the following section can still be used in cases where the
safe interoperability features do not apply or are overly restrictive, e.g. for
APIs returning C++ references.
</div>

As outlined
[earlier](#member-functions-returning-references-are-unsafe-by-default),
member functions that return references, pointers, or certain structures/classes that
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