Wayne Shao wrote:
It seems that every object is a pointer in the sample code I have
seen.  Is there any distinction between an object and its pointer?

In C++,  C* c; would be an uninitialized pointer. But the following
line will creates an object with the constructor C().

C c;

It seems that there is no such equivalent syntax in Objective-C.
objects are created either from factory pattern or  [[A alloc]
someInitMethod ....];
so, is it possible to write?

NSString a;
NSNumber b;

Sure. And it'll even compile. But you'd better not try to do much with them:-)

<my understanding>

Objects in o-c are just plain old structs. And to get to them, you have to have a pointer.

And the C++ syntax you refer to doesn't exist in o-c. At least it doesn't do what it does in C++.

So C* c is indeed an uninitialized pointer to a C, just like it says it is. And C c declares a struct of type C that you can't do anything with, also just like it says.

C* c = [C new] (or equivalent) is the way do some useful work...

</my understanding>

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Glenn English
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