Not native and I've no idea when or if this is a good idea ... nor am I sure
how much typing you want to do ... but you _could_ create a class convenience
method for this
x = [Thing defaultIfNil:x];
With shorter or longer names as you see fit ... down to possibly:
x = [Thing :x]
I've really no idea if that syntax would work but it stands out and might be
easy to use and identify in the code!
-Luther
> On Apr 24, 2014, at 9:33 AM, Alex Zavatone <z...@mac.com> wrote:
>
> I was just asked yesterday if there is any shorthand in Objective-C for "if
> this thing = nil, then instantiate a new instance from the class"
>
> Something like this:
>
> NSString x;
>
> if ([x isEqualtoString:nil]) {
> x = @"yo";
> }
>
> Feel free to replace NSString with any class.
>
> And we messed around a bit looking for any shorthand and though it looked
> like a terrible idea since the comparison is done against integers using the
> ternary operator, I'd like to know exactly why it's a terrible idea.
>
> NSString x;
>
> x = (x) ?: @"yo";
>
> Thanks in advance.
> - Alex
>
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