On 11 Mar 2013, at 20:55, Dave <d...@looktowindward.com> wrote: > > On 11 Mar 2013, at 20:50, Jens Alfke wrote: > >> >> On Mar 11, 2013, at 1:33 PM, Dave <d...@looktowindward.com> wrote: >> >>> There isn't a >>> -newDict >>> method defined, so how come I didn't get a complier error? >> >> Because the receiver is a Class, so the method is +newDict, which exists. > > > > > Not sure I understand: > > if from an Instance - Method, I do: > > [super someMehod]; > > It calls -someMehod in the superclass. > > if from an instance + Method I do: > > [super someMethod], then surely it's an error because this isn't an instance?
It *is* an instance. An instance of the *metaclass*. This is where you're deep into the guts of Objective-C :) _______________________________________________ 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
