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Why does method swizzling introduce instability in large systems?
Updated May 17, 2026
Short answer
Swizzling changes runtime method mappings globally causing unpredictable side effects.
Deep explanation
Swizzling exchanges method implementations at runtime. In large systems, multiple SDKs may swizzle same methods leading to conflicts and undefined behavior.
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