On Mar 7, 2012, at 3:35 AM, Conrad Shultz wrote:
> On 3/6/12 12:42 PM, Prime Coderama wrote:
>> I have an array and I am iterating through it using this technique:
>>
>>> for (id object in array) {
>>> // do something with object
>>> }
>>
>> Is there way to obtain the object's current array index position or do I
>> have to add a counter?
>>
>
> You could use [array indexOfObjectIdenticalTo:object].
>
> But I'm partial to block-based enumeration, which gives you the index
> "for free":
>
> - (void)enumerateObjectsUsingBlock:(void (^)(id obj, NSUInteger idx,
> BOOL *stop))block;
Unless I missed the newest compiler technologies which are capable to inline
blocks straight into the loop, invoking a block is essentially a jump to
another code section or is akin a function call. This isn't free at all and
prevents several optimizations by the compiler ;)
Andreas
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