On 30 May 2011, at 21:56, Dave Zarzycki wrote:

> On May 30, 2011, at 1:45 PM, julius wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On 30 May 2011, at 20:03,Quincey Morris wrote
>>> 
>>> On May 30, 2011, at 08:27, julius wrote:
>>> 
>>>> All I had hoped was that someone on this list might illuminate the issue 
>>>> more than has happened so far.
>>> 
>>> The problem isn't really lack of illumination, but that you're not prepared 
>>> to accept the consequences of the explanation.
>> 
>> Hilarity and riot.
>> 
>>> 
>>> Here's my version of the illumination:
>>> 
>> snip
>>> -- It at least theoretically provides opportunities for compile-type (== 
>>> better) error messages if you accidentally pass a value of the wrong type.
>>> 
>>> -- It at least theoretically eliminates the need to code some range 
>>> validation checks.
>>> 
>> 
>> Here is a nice instance that I think quite germane.
>> 
>> The input parameter to NSArray's objectAtIndex: is an NSUInteger.
>> Both these code snippets work perfectly (they retrieve element 3).
>>      zStr = [zAry objectAtIndex:3.1];
>> and
>>      CGFloat zF1 = 3.2;
>>      zStr = [zAry objectAtIndex:zF1];
>> 
>> I'm sure that by setting the right flags one could get warning messages to 
>> appear.
> 
> 
> Julius,
> 
> As others have pointed out, this has nothing to do with Objective-C or Cocoa.

NSArray and its count method has nothing to do with Cocoa?


I'm off to save a few sheep off the Antrim coast.

Julius


http://juliuspaintings.co.uk



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