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> On 21 Mar 2015, at 23:41, Jens Alfke <j...@mooseyard.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Mar 21, 2015, at 2:13 PM, Quincey Morris 
>> <quinceymor...@rivergatesoftware.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Well, “String” is not “NSString”.
> 
> Sure, but it’s bridged with NSString. The “Using Swift With Cocoa” book says: 
> “Swift automatically bridges between the String type and the NSString class. 
> This means that anywhere you use an NSString object, you can use a Swift 
> String type instead  … you should almost never need to use the NSString class 
> directly in your own code.”

But the bridging only happens if you import Foundation, otherwise there is no 
NSString to bridge with.

> 
>>    var str = "Hello, playground” as NSString
>>    str.cStringUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding) // OK
>>    str.UTF8String  // OK
> 
> -cStringUsingEncoding: and several other NSString methods I’ve tried work 
> without the “as NSString” trick; what’s special about “UTF8String”?
> 
> —Jens
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