On 15 Jan 2011, at 18:43, Richard Somers wrote: > NSNotFound is formally defined as NSIntegerMax. But the framework methods > returning NSNotFound are typically typed NSUInteger. > > Is there a technical reason why NSNotFound is not defined as NSUIntegerMax?
1) Because it's usable for NSInteger too. 2) By looking at these values you're breaking the abstraction barrier. NSNotFound could have *any* value, and in fact its value could change from cocoa version to cocoa version. Stop looking! Bob_______________________________________________ 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
