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Re: Unexpected result from -[super respondsToSelector:]




On 15 Feb '08, at 10:03 PM, Jerry Krinock wrote:

But what's more surprising is that -respondsToSelector doesn't work as expected when sent to super.

This does not tell you whether your superclass responds to a selector. It calls the superclass's _implementation_ of -respondsToSelector:. Which is the same as calling [self respondsToSelector:], unless your class overrides -respondsToSelector: itself.


"super" calls are a slippery concept, but this isn't a bug in - respondsToSelector: or an Obj-C issue. People have been getting confused about this in dynamic OO languages all the way back to Smalltalk-72 :)

—Jens_______________________________________________

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