Merge pull request #70863 from sophiapoirier/global-variable-strict-concurrency-changelog-5.10

🍒 [SE-0412] changelog note about strict concurrency for global variables

Author: sophiapoirier

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,31 @@
 
 ## Swift 5.10
 
+* [SE-0412][]:
+
+  Under strict concurrency checking, every global or static variable must be either isolated to a global actor or be both immutable and of `Sendable` type.
+
+  ```swift
+  var mutableGlobal = 1
+  // warning: var 'mutableGlobal' is not concurrency-safe because it is non-isolated global shared mutable state
+  // (unless it is top-level code which implicitly isolates to @MainActor)
+
+  final class NonsendableType {
+    init() {}
+  }
+
+  struct S {
+    static let immutableNonsendable = NonsendableType()
+    // warning: static property 'immutableNonsendable' is not concurrency-safe because it is not either conforming to 'Sendable' or isolated to a global actor
+  }
+  ```
+
+  The attribute `nonisolated(unsafe)` can be used to annotate a global variable (or any form of storage) to disable static checking of data isolation, but note that without correct implementation of a synchronization mechanism to achieve data isolation, dynamic run-time analysis from exclusivity enforcement or tools such as Thread Sanitizer could still identify failures.
+
+  ```swift
+  nonisolated(unsafe) var global: String
+  ```
+
 * [SE-0411][]:
 
   Default value expressions can now have the same isolation as the enclosing
@@ -9871,6 +9896,7 @@ using the `.dynamicType` member to retrieve the type of an expression should mig
 [SE-0397]: https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/main/proposals/0397-freestanding-declaration-macros.md
 [SE-0407]: https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/main/proposals/0407-member-macro-conformances.md
 [SE-0411]: https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/main/proposals/0411-isolated-default-values.md
+[SE-0412]: https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/main/proposals/0412-strict-concurrency-for-global-variables.md
 [#64927]: <https://github.com/apple/swift/issues/64927>
 [#42697]: <https://github.com/apple/swift/issues/42697>
 [#42728]: <https://github.com/apple/swift/issues/42728>