At runtime all bets are off anyway. Nullability is a compile time constraint for Objective-C and a helper for Swift overlays. You can still pass an object in runtime in Objective-C. It's up to the receiver to handle it.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 7, 2016, at 1:32 PM, Shane Stanley <sstan...@myriad-com.com.au> wrote: > >> On 14 Oct 2015, at 2:27 PM, Shane Stanley <sstan...@myriad-com.com.au> wrote: >> >>> On 14 Oct 2015, at 1:33 PM, Graham Cox <graham....@bigpond.com> wrote: >>> >>> I’ve been passing nil forever, only now does Xcode 7 complain, presumably >>> because only now is the _Nonnull attribute added. But either the >>> documentation or the addition of _Nonnull is wrong. >> >> FWIW, I've had an open bug on this since July (#21667200). You might also >> notice the docs say "dict can be nil", and there isn't a "dict" to be seen >> (presumably it means docAttributes). > > Coming back to this, my bug has just been closed, with a pointer to: > > <https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/ApplicationKit/Classes/NSAttributedString_AppKitAdditions/index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40004007> > > And sure enough, where it once said: > > - (NSData * nullable)RTFFromRange:(NSRange)aRange > documentAttributes:(NSDictionary<NSString *, > id> * nonnull)docAttributes > > it now says: > > - (NSData *)RTFFromRange:(NSRange)aRange > documentAttributes:(NSDictionary<NSString *, > id> *)docAttributes > > > The description is unchanged: > >> If there are no document-level attributes, dict can be nil. > > Great. > > However, when I look at the .h file, it's all wrapped in > NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN, and using the method with nil prompts exactly the > same warning. So the contradiction between the documentation and actual > behavior still stands, just not so obviously. > > All of which led me to also look at this in the same document: > > - (instancetype)initWithRTFD:(NSData *)rtfdData > documentAttributes:(NSDictionary<NSString *, > id> * _Nullable *)docAttributes > > > for which the .h file (Xcode 7.2) actually says: > > - (nullable instancetype)initWithRTF:(NSData *)data > documentAttributes:(NSDictionary<NSString *, id> * __nullable * > __nullable)dict; > > Am I just being a pedant or is this all a bit hopeless? > > > -- > Shane Stanley <sstan...@myriad-com.com.au> > <www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/apps/> > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/dangerwillrobinsondanger%40gmail.com > > This email sent to dangerwillrobinsondan...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
