On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Brent Gulanowski<bgulanow...@gmail.com> wrote:
> For classes, you can check whether NSClassFromString(@"Classname") returns a
> class.

This might return incompatible private versions of some classes.  For
example, NSClassFromString(@"QLPreviewPanel") will return a class with
a very different API on 10.5 than it does on 10.6.

> For selectors, you can check whether NSSelectorFromString(@"selector")
> returns a selector.

This is untrue.  NSSelectorFromString always returns a selector.

> Usually that's enough. In fact, if you pick a representative class that was
> introduced in the OS release of your choice, you can use that as a short cut
> to check for the OS version. Or you can check the version major and minor
> values using Gestalt for accurate version info:

Do not use NSClassFromString to check for OS versions.  There is
absolutely no guarantee it will work.

--Kyle Sluder
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