On 12 dec 2011, at 22:39, Matt Neuburg wrote: > Also, if that's the right answer (i.e. if it's all about subclassing), then I > don't get why *every* convenience constructor isn't typed as an id.
The general rule across Cocoa is that initializers and factory methods return id typed objects (ie. -[NSArray initWithArray:], +[NSArray arrayWithArray:]), while shared instances returns explicitly typed objects (ie. +[NSProcessInfo processInfo]). Joar _______________________________________________ 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
