>> That would be poor API design. If it had -writeToFile, then it would also >> need -writeToStream:, -writeToFileHandle:, -writeToFileDescriptor:, >> -writeToNSURLSessionDataDelegate:, etc. >> Providing the data itself means you can then use existing APIs on other >> classes to put the data anywhere you want. > > But all of that would come "for free" if NSImage inherited from NSData, no?
No. Because there’s no guarantee that the “data” that define an NSImage - or its representation(s) - conform to any specific commodity format. _______________________________________________ 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
