On Mar 8, 2012, at 4:57 PM, Quincey Morris wrote:

> It wouldn't solve, e.g., the possibly inconsistency between 'array.count' and 
> a subsequent reference, unless it was coded to keep a "consistent" local 
> reference to the copy of the array, in which case you'd want the copy to be 
> explicit in the API so that a reader of the code would be aware, and that 
> would be a non-atomic-level approach anyway.

If the array that the client is using is an immutable array that was created by 
copying the object’s internal NSMutableArray, then array.count is not going to 
change.

Charles

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