On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Kirk Kerekes <kirkkere...@gmail.com> wrote: > Consider the pattern: > > [[thing description] isEqualToString: someString]; > > All objects will return a string for description. Whether it is meaningful > in your terms is a whole other issue. > > NSNumber will return a sensible numeric string. > NSString will return itself. > > Generally, property-list objects (other than NSData) will return something > generically useful in response to -description.
You really shouldn't use the string from -[NSObject description] for anything other then logging or via the debugger. You should instead use a common form/representation when doing comparisons across objects of different classes. -Shawn _______________________________________________ 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: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
