Yes, that’s correct, nothing wrong with a method beginning with new as long as it follows the rules, I use it all the time.
I’m not sure if it matters at all with ARC, but I stick by the rules anyway. Cheers Dave > On 30 Apr 2020, at 00:27, Sandor Szatmari via Cocoa-dev > <cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com> wrote: > > Alex, > >> On Apr 29, 2020, at 17:12, Alex Zavatone via Cocoa-dev >> <cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com> wrote: >> >> Not sure about this, but in Objective-C, you’re not supposed to start >> methods with new. > > I’ve always operated under the premise that using a reserved prefix, such as > new, was not verboten. Rather, if one chose the prefix new one must ensure > that the method followed memory management conventions, and would return an > object with a +1 retain count. Am I mistaken about this? > > Sandor _______________________________________________ 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
