On Oct 28, 2012, at 12:01 PM, Jens Alfke <j...@mooseyard.com> wrote: > > On Oct 28, 2012, at 1:37 AM, Kyle Sluder <k...@ksluder.com> wrote: > >>> In general, initialization code like this in a nib-loaded object should go >>> into its -awakeFromNib method, which is [almost] guaranteed to be the first >>> method invoked on that object. >> >> Actually, the NSTableView docs explicitly warn that this is not the case: > > That’s why I said “[almost]”. :)
Well, it's contraindicated enough that I try to never do it. > >> Initialize your instance variable in -init, which *is* guaranteed to be the >> first method called on your object. > > I didn’t think init methods were called for objects loaded from nibs? (It’s > possible this may have changed over time, though, since the old days when I > learned Cocoa coding on the street from Buggsy and Leroy.) The Resource Programming Guide has the details, but in summary: on OS X, Custom Objects are initialized with -init, Custom Views are initialized with -initWithFrame:, and everything else is initialized with -initWithCoder:. --Kyle Sluder _______________________________________________ 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
