On 05/07/2012, at 7:53 AM, Charles Srstka wrote: > They did it that way because they were following the C function pointer > syntax, just replacing the * with a ^. Really, the blame for this lies with > Kernighan and Ritchie more than anyone else. I think Apple followed the C > syntax because they may have some hopes about getting blocks officially added > to some future revision of the C specification, although I’m not sure how > realistic that is.
I read recently that the '^' was the only possible operator that could be used due to the inherent grammar of C meaning that anything else would have introduced ambiguity. Doesn't make it any easier to use knowing that though. --Graham _______________________________________________ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
