On Friday, June 06, 2008, at 02:07PM, "George Stuart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>The suggestion of using a keyPath of @"self" presents another question: >1) I assume NSSortDescriptor is using valueForKeyPath:, which in >turns calls valueForKey: some number of times, to get the object for >the keyPath I specified. Is it defined behavior that sending an >object valueForKey:@"self" will return the object itself? I always use self as the key path in cases like this, since -[NSObject self] is documented to return the receiver. It has the advantage of working with objects other than strings. > I guess >this is ultimately the same as my original question, "is it defined >behavior that sending an object valueForKey:nil will return the object >itself?" Not as far as I know; I'd expect it to return nil or die with an assertion failure. -- Adam _______________________________________________ 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: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
