On 23 Jul 2012, at 12:57, Andreas Grosam <agro...@onlinehome.de> wrote:
> > On 23.07.2012, at 13:09, Mike Abdullah wrote: > >> Aha, now we're talking. You want -initWithDictionary:copyItems: > > No, this is not a deep copy. > > Suppose, there is an element within the array, whose value is a mutable > dictionary. If I change the that mutable dictionary (or its values), the copy > and the dictionary would still compare equal to the copy (since children > haven't been copied). > > > Thus, I need to define a deepCopy method for NSDictionary (and NSArray, too). You should seriously consider whether your design is a good idea then. Copying the objects in an array is rare, but justifiable. Having multiple levels of nested dictionaries is rarely so. Sure you're not (ab)using dictionaries to avoid defining a new class? _______________________________________________ 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
