On Jan 14, 2013, at 16:03, William Sumner <prestonsum...@me.com> wrote:
> On Jan 14, 2013, at 4:45 PM, Charles Srstka <cocoa...@charlessoft.com> wrote: > >> On Jan 14, 2013, at 2:38 PM, Kyle Sluder <k...@ksluder.com> wrote: >> >>> Given that Gordon's explicit use case involves one part of his app >>> setting up timers that point at objects in other parts of his app that >>> know nothing of the timers' existence, this sounds like a fragility >>> nightmare. >>> >>> The NSTimer ship has sailed. >> >> I don't really see it. All you'd need would be a special initializer or >> convenience constructor, like +[NSMapTable strongToWeakObjectsMapTable]. >> Make versions of the +timerWithTimeInterval:etc:etc: classes which would >> cause the created NSTimer to weakly retain its target, and it'd just work. > > > I'm still holding out hope for @doWhatIWant. Stop being so lazy, Apple. I dont' think Apple engineers are lazy. They are probably extremely busy and have to prioritize. Of course, they could hire more people but throwing more people at a project is not always a guarantee of more work done... -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat/Skype:LaurentDaudelin http://www.nemesys-soft.com/ Logiciels Nemesys Software laur...@nemesys-soft.com _______________________________________________ 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
