am not being able to explain the output of the following code; code and output pasted below.

#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>

int main (int argc, const char * argv[]) {
   NSAutoreleasePool * pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
   NSComparisonResult compareResult = 0;
   id fileAttributes = nil;
if(fileAttributes = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileAttributesAtPath:@"/Applications" traverseLink:FALSE]) { NSLog(@"[fileAttributes objectForKey:NSFileType] = %@; NSDirectoryFileType = %@",[fileAttributes objectForKey:NSFileType],NSDirectoryFileType); compareResult = [(NSString *) [fileAttributes objectForKey:NSFileType] isEqualToString:NSDirectoryFileType]; NSLog(@"[(NSString *) [fileAttributes objectForKey:NSFileType] isEqualToString:NSDirectoryFileType] = %d",compareResult); compareResult = [(NSString *) [fileAttributes objectForKey:NSFileType] compare:NSDirectoryFileType]; NSLog(@"[(NSString *) [fileAttributes objectForKey:NSFileType] compare:NSDirectoryFileType] = %d",compareResult); compareResult = [[fileAttributes objectForKey:NSFileType] isEqual:NSDirectoryFileType]; NSLog(@"[[fileAttributes objectForKey:NSFileType] isEqual:NSDirectoryFileType] = %d",compareResult); compareResult = [[fileAttributes objectForKey:NSFileType] isEqual:[fileAttributes objectForKey:NSFileType]]; NSLog(@"[[fileAttributes objectForKey:NSFileType] isEqual:[fileAttributes objectForKey:NSFileType]] = %d",compareResult); compareResult = [NSDirectoryFileType isEqual:NSDirectoryFileType]; NSLog(@"[NSDirectoryFileType isEqual:NSDirectoryFileType] = %d",compareResult);
   }
[pool drain];
   return 0;
}

/****************** output (target system OS X 10.5.6, using XCode 3.0)*********************/ [fileAttributes objectForKey:NSFileType] = NSFileTypeDirectory; NSDirectoryFileType = NXDirectoryFileType [(NSString *) [fileAttributes objectForKey:NSFileType] isEqualToString:NSDirectoryFileType] = 0 //This shouldn't have been true. because both strings are different. [(NSString *) [fileAttributes objectForKey:NSFileType] compare:NSDirectoryFileType] = -1 //OK they are not same. fine. [[fileAttributes objectForKey:NSFileType] isEqual:NSDirectoryFileType] = 0 //How come ? [[fileAttributes objectForKey:NSFileType] isEqual:[fileAttributes objectForKey:NSFileType]] = 1 //This cannot be true. An object should be equal to itself. [NSDirectoryFileType isEqual:NSDirectoryFileType] = 1 //This cannot be true. An object should be equal to itself.

any body knows why this behavior.

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