Re: [Foo new] vs [[Foo alloc] init]:

• Subject: Re: [Foo new] vs [[Foo alloc] init]:
• From: "Hamish Allan" <email@hidden>
• Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:26:40 +0000
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On Feb 15, 2008 11:11 PM, Bill Bumgarner <email@hidden> wrote:

> On Leopard, +new is implemented as return [[self alloc] init];   It is
> equivalent unless a subclass overrides, which is exceedingly unlikely.

And, I would have thought, exceedingly rash. What would be gained by
implementing a non-equivalent behaviour that would outweigh the
potential for confusion and error?

Hamish
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