On 30 May 2011, at 16:40, Roland King wrote: > > On 30-May-2011, at 11:05 PM, julius wrote: > >> >> On 30 May 2011, at 15:52, Roland King <r...@rols.org> wrote >>> >>> On 30-May-2011, at 9:18 PM, julius wrote: >>> >>>> >>>>> They used the datatype which maps onto the thing they are describing, >>>>> array elements are non-negative integers, so they used NSUInteger. >>>> So are you saying that the designers made this decision solely because of >>>> a particular interpretation of dogma? >>> >>> No. I am saying that semantically the 'size' of an array is a non-negative >>> integer and thus the correct way to represent it is with a data type which >>> represents non-negative integers. >> >> If that were all there was to it then I might agree but I don't think it is. >> I think issues of program language complexity and the propensity of language >> constructs to induce coding errors are more important. >> >> Julius >> > > Whist seeing your side, I respectfully disagree. I think data types should as > closely as possible align with the data they actually represent.
But why do you think this requirement should trump all others and in all cases? Julius http://juliuspaintings.co.uk _______________________________________________ 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
