Chris Suter wrote:
The proper way to solve this, in my opinion, is to allow a way of
specifying that the return type varies depending on the class it's
implemented on i.e. define the alloc method in such a way so that
the compiler knows that -[<class> alloc] returns an object of type
<class>. Something similar could be used for [NSString string] and
[NSMutableString string] which have a similar problem (they return
an id, rather than an NSString or NSMutableString).
We think so too.
<rdar://problem/4909520> ER: Declare that an instance method's return
type is the same as the receiver's declared type.
<rdar://problem/4909545> ER: Declare that a class method's return type
is the type of instances of the receiver.
The latter is the one that applies to +alloc. It returns an instance
of the receiver object - which itself is a class - or some subclass
thereof. The former is for things like -init, where the receiver type
and the return type are the same.
There are a few binary- and source-compatibility issues to worry
about, but the biggest reason this hasn't been done yet is simple lack
of time.
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Greg Parker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Runtime Wrangler
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