On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 9:03 PM, John Engelhart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Oct 14, 2008, at 7:11 AM, Chris Suter wrote: >> >> You can't override the type for existing methods. For example, >> initWithString: always returns an id. You can define them as returning >> something different but the compiler will ignore it. > > Just a clarification on this particular point- it is possible to override > the type(s) of existing methods, both the argument and return types.
You're quite right. What I meant to point out was that you can't easily override init methods because of the problem with alloc returning id. That was something I came across a while back which was why I got the details slightly wrong. :-) Sorry for any confusion caused. -- Chris _______________________________________________ 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: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
