I've had to do some funky things with categories in the past, in at
least one case because some framework had added one but for complex
reasons could not import. So, similar to what Jens said:
The interface description of the category is for the sole purpose of
helping the compiler generate a
Just for clarification, an empty name in the parens is referred to as an
extension and not a nameless category. An extension has extra abilities such as
adding properties. Just being explicit for those that may not know.
Please excuse mobile typos
> On Mar 29, 2019, at 5:55 PM, Jens Alfke wro
> On Mar 29, 2019, at 2:51 PM, Alex Zavatone wrote:
>
> Also, I seem to remember the esteemed Jens stating that as soon as a category
> class is in your project, it applies to all objects instantiated from the
> base class and we only had to do an import if we wanted to use the category
> me
> On 29 Mar 2019, at 2:51 pm, Alex Zavatone wrote:
>
> In all the docs on categories, I seem to have missed what the term for the
> text within the parens of a category declaration is called and what function
> it serves.
It's the category name. NSObject(Foo) represents "the Foo category on NS
