On Dec 22, 2009, at 12:58 PM, Matt Neuburg wrote: > On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:56:33 +1100, Graham Cox <graham....@bigpond.com> > said: >> Regarding the use of different completion methods based on manipulating some > common root name, I think that's a bit strange, misguided even. > > But when the kind of situation that calls for it arises, it might seem very > natural and elegant. I'm just suggesting that we not condemn an architecture > out of hand merely because we've no experience of it. m. >
And isn't even that uncommon - consider all the various kvc methods based on common name (as an example of manipulating a common root name for multiple purposes). And I've written menu validation code that manipulates the selector to figure out the name of the method to actually handle the validation (which is more of the "completion method" style thing - dynamically figure out what to call based on the SEL passed in)... Glenn Andreas gandr...@gandreas.com <http://www.gandreas.com/> wicked fun! Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know _______________________________________________ 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 arch...@mail-archive.com
