On Jul 17, 2012, at 4:58 PM, Erik Stainsby <erik.stain...@roaringsky.ca> wrote:
> I'm working with the text from a multiline NSTextField. When it arrives in > the delegate it is represented in an NSBigMutableString. Casting this to a > NSAttributedString seems to have no effect on the actual class being used by > the NSString cluster. > > I can't seem to find any documentation on NSBigMutableString. > > Can someone with deep experience tell me if I can _safely_ assume that NSBMS > will respect all of NSAttributedString's method calls ? > > Also if I have a convenience function in a category, should I rewrite it as a > category on NSString ? Or directly on the NSBMS, which seems to be a hidden > class? Writing a category on a hidden class just doesn't feel right. Your assuming you should care that it is an NSBigMutableString in the first place. From what I can see, the delegates all declare that you are receiving an NSString, and as such you should be treating the value you get as an NSString. -- David Duncan _______________________________________________ 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
