On Thu, Oct 23, 2014, at 05:06 PM, Greg Parker wrote: > > > On Oct 23, 2014, at 2:18 AM, Kevin Meaney <k...@yvs.eu.com> wrote: > > > > From what I understand any code that is executed before main is called is > > done so before the objective-c runtime is fully setup which means you have > > no guarantees about what will work. In objective-c++ where you can create > > static C++ objects that results in objective-c being called it is an easy > > way to make difficult to track crashes. > > The situation is much more favorable than that. Problems with Objective-C > initialization are uncommon. > > The initialization order is generally like this: > 1. Everything in libraries you link to is initialized. > 2. Your classes' +load methods run. Each class runs +load before its > subclasses. (Timing of category +load is more complicated, but in most > cases they also run now.) > 3. Your C and C++ static constructors run. > 4. main()
Is it accurate to say that Objective-C +initialize methods happen, at the earliest, as part of Step 3? --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
