Yes, that approach is *so* much safer. When we switched over to doing it that way so many "dealloc called while object was being observed" problems went away.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Quincey Morris" <quinceymor...@rivergatesoftware.com> To: "Motti Shneor" <su...@bezeqint.net> Cc: "Cocoa-Dev List" <Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com> Sent: Sunday, September 9, 2012 4:26:27 PM Subject: Re: KVO Question: How to programmatically determine if one object is observing another on a keyPath and context? On Sep 9, 2012, at 13:50 , Motti Shneor <su...@bezeqint.net> wrote: > On 9 בספט 2012, at 22:04, Ken Thomases wrote: > >> Why is that a "however"? What's the problem? Since the representedObject >> is KVO-compliant, all observations _through_ that property will >> automatically follow it as it changes. > > Nope. When representedObject becomes nil, I DO NOT WANT to observe anything, > and I need to remove the observance from the previous representedObject, > BEFORE it is set to nil on my NSViewController. I think, by using the word "through", Ken is suggesting you do this: [self addObserver:self forKeyPath:@"representedObject.incomingNotes" ...]; rather than this: [self.representedObject addObserver:self forKeyPath:@"incomingNotes" ...]; _______________________________________________ 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/lrucker%40vmware.com This email sent to lruc...@vmware.com _______________________________________________ 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