Closures Are Reference Types
Closures are reference types. This means that when you assign a function to a constant or variable, you are actually setting that constant or variable to point to the function. You are not creating a distinct copy of that function. One important consequence of this fact is that any information captured by the function’s scope will be changed if you call the function via a new constant or variable.
To see this, create a new constant and set it equal to your growBy(_:) function.
Listing 13.13 Duplicate growth
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