Joanna,
You're right.
On 08/05/2010, at 11:06, Joanna Carter wrote:
> BTW, you should not declare id* as the return type, it should be simply id.
>
> - (id) init
> {
> if (self = [super init])
> {
> // rest of initialisation
> }
>
> return self;
> }
I made lots of mistakes in my example code. I meant to write exactly what you
wrote above, except for:
if (self = [super init])
which I would replace with:
if ([super init] != nil)
Let's say I create a subclass of NSObject (let's call it "MyOddObject") and
override its -init method:
- (id)init
{
self = [super init];
// blah blah blah ...
return self; // return type will be NSObject!!
}
And then I instantiate this class afterwards:
MyOddObject* myOddInstance = [[MyOddObject alloc] init];
I should get an instance of MyOddObject, but I am getting a NSObject instead.
All right, I think the above line also casts the return value to MyOddObject.
Am I right?
My question is: apart from the optimization advantages cited by James Bucanek,
why would one set self's value to the return value of [super init]? Wouldn't it
be confusing?
Cheers,
Flavio_______________________________________________
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