On Apr 20, 2010, at 1:06 PM, Brent Fulgham wrote:
Can anyone clarify whether the NSMutableArray object's "setArray"
performs a deep copy of the NSArray provided,
or does it simply build an NSMutableArray object with
additionally-retained elements pointing back to the source object?
It does not copy any of the elements, just retains them.
In general I can't think of any deep-copy behavior in any of the Cocoa
collection classes. With one exception*, objects only get copied when
you explicitly call -copy. And even -copy is implemented shallowly in
existing classes (so copying an NSArray results in a new array that
contains the same objects, not copies of those objects.)
—Jens
* The exception is the way NSDictionary copies the objects that are
set as keys, to prevent them from being mutated behind its back._______________________________________________
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