On Oct 4, 2013, at 9:59 AM, Matt Neuburg <[email protected]> wrote:

> But why is either of those necessary? Surely an id<MyCellDelegate> is, by 
> definition, an id - which inherits from NSObject

‘id’ is not a type that inherits from NSObject. ‘id’ is explicitly untyped.

‘id<MyCellDelegate>’ is _not_ untyped — its type is ‘any class that implements 
MyCellDelegate'. And unless that protocol inherits from the NSObject protocol, 
it does not include the -respondsToSelector: method.

This may seem inconsistent, but if ‘id<SomeProtocol>’ were really untyped, then 
you’d lose all type-checking for calls to it, so you could make typos like 
[cellDelegate foooo:] without any compile-time error.

—Jens
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