On Mar 17, 2010, at 4:11 PM, Andrew James wrote: > I am a relative newbie to Cocoa so I trying to make sure that my code > reflects Cocoa's coding culture. > > I'm interested in whether or not instances of Cocoa classes can be expected > to display default behavior. I'll use NSBrowser's - > (BOOL)sendsActionOnArrowKeys as an example. In Apple's documentation there's > no mention of the default. > > For my purposes, I want to make sure from release to release that my > NSBrowser instance does send an action when up/down keys are used. Does that > mean as a Cocoa developer I'm content to always code [ myBrowser > setSendsActionOnArrowKeys: YES ] ? or Make sure the appropriate box is > checked in Interface Builder?
There is no hard and fast rule that I know of--that is Cocoa-specific. I would assert that as a general rule if you rely on a behavior, then you should always explicitly set it. It disambiguates your code and is future proof in case Apple decides to change the documented default. You may also want to file a bug against the doc. HTH, Keary Suska Esoteritech, Inc. "Demystifying technology for your home or business" _______________________________________________ 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
