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Re: how to check if a property is empty?




On 29 Mar '08, at 8:32 AM, Davide Benini wrote:

		repetitions = [[NSNumber alloc] init];
		variantEnding = [[NSNumber alloc] init];

These lines don't really make sense. NSNumber (like its superclass NSValue) is immutable. You can't store a different number in one once you've created it. So there's no need to create one unless you have a specific number to store. Just don't set the variable at all, and its value will be nil. (That will let you know if you've set it, too.)


However, more typically you'd just use a regular C numeric type like 'int' or 'double' for a numeric property. That way you don't have to allocate or release the value, it uses less memory, and it's simpler to access the value.

—Jens

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