On Oct 18, 2011, at 6:44 PM, Quincey Morris wrote:

> Absolutely. I'll add here that NSArrayControllers are basically glue, and not 
> even (exactly) necessary glue. You can connect a table view directly to a 
> data model, without using an array controller. All the array controller does 
> is to add some useful conveniences (such as supporting the table in sorting 
> and filtering content without disturbing the data model).

Right, but there’s quite a lot of very useful glue there: sorting the content, 
filtering, tracking the selection as a separate observable property, and so 
forth. It’s not something I’d want to reinvent.

—Jens

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