> On 22 Sep 2016, at 10:40 AM, Quincey Morris 
> <quinceymor...@rivergatesoftware.com> wrote:
> 
> On Sep 21, 2016, at 17:01 , Graham Cox <graham....@bigpond.com> wrote:
>> 
>> This should be: if([(NSString*)context 
>> isEqualToString:@“mediaLibraryLoaded”])…
> 
> Actually, this is not a good idea either, because *other* observations — ones 
> you don’t control — might use a value that’s not an object, or not even a 
> valid pointer.


Fair point.

Which is yet another reason why void* is such a shitty concept. Apple could 
easily have insisted that parameter was id<NSObject> without any real problems, 
so void*… sheesh.

So Gabriel’s alternative is basically to use a global address, as you otherwise 
suggested.

void* tsk… *goes away muttering*

—Graham



_______________________________________________

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

Reply via email to