On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Erik Buck <erik.b...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > As an alternative, use > NSString *string1 = [[NSString stringWithString:@"myFirstString"] retain]; > or NSString *string2 = [[NSString alloc] initWithString:@"mySecondString"]; > or NSString *string3 = [@"myThirdString" copy];
However you should never use any of these either. You already have a string. If you need a string, then you have it, so use it. This code can be *occasionally* useful if you need an independent copy of a potentially mutable string. But of course @"" constructs are never mutable. This may seem nitpicky but I see a lot of newbies writing code just like this. Their code is filled with stringWithString: calls for absolutely no purpose, so I want to discourage that sort of thing. Mike _______________________________________________ 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
