On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 2:49 PM, DKJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 23 Oct, 2008, at 11:26, Finlay Dobbie wrote:
>
>> I'm surprised nobody else has picked up on this - how is enumerating
>> an NSArray going to be faster than enumerating a C array?
>>
>
> I was referring to this:
>
> for( TheClass *obj in TheArray ) {}
>
> as fast enumeration.
That's faster (and simpler) to *write*, but it performs no better than
enumerating a C array. It is, in fact, implemented by sending
-countByEnumeratingWithState:objects:count: to the array, then enumerating
over the C array that's returned by reference from that method.
sherm--
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