>> fly2never wrote: >> name = [NSString string]; > >> because sending a method to nil is perfectly safe, unlike C++.
> Ah! No! That's not a blanket guarantee! It is only valid for methods that > return void, integer types or pointers. If your method returns a struct and > you send it to NIL, you get garbage back. Yeah, sorry. I was just thinking of the sending part of it which doesn't need the guards against nil that are necessary in C++; using the result is a different matter. _______________________________________________ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
