What’s the difference between a protocol extended from AnyObject and a class-only protocol?

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This was answered by an official Swift developer (Slava_Pestov) on the Swift forums. Here is the summary:

  • You should use AnyObject (protocol SomeProtocol: AnyObject).

  • AnyObject and class are equivalent. There is no difference.

  • class will eventually be deprecated.

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