Why is URLSession’s did receive response delegate method asynchronous?

I don’t mind it, but I don’t understand it.

The delegate method for a data task when the session first receives an URL response is asynchronous: it gives a completion handler that must be called in order to provide the response disposition (or is async if _Concurrency is available).

What kind of check on the response can be done that justify the response disposition be sent asynchronously?

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What kind of check on the response can be done that justify the response disposition be sent asynchronously?

Oh, all sorts of things. For example, a web browser-y app might use the content of the response to a present a “Do you want to view or save this file?” dialog.

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What kind of check on the response can be done that justify the response disposition be sent asynchronously?

Oh, all sorts of things. For example, a web browser-y app might use the content of the response to a present a “Do you want to view or save this file?” dialog.

Share and Enjoy

Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@" + "apple.com"