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Re: Why use protocols?
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Re: Why use protocols?


  • Subject: Re: Why use protocols?
  • From: Matt Neuburg <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 12:47:25 -0700

On Wed, 18 May 2005 20:03:05 +0200, Ondra Cada <email@hidden> said:
>@implementation MyTableColumn
>-dataCellForRow:(int)row {
>   id ds=[[self tableView] dataSource];
>   if ([ds respondsToSelector:@selector(dataCellForRow:sender:)])
>     return [ds dataCellForRow:row sender:self];
>   return [super dataCellForRow:row];
>}

I completely agree in principle, and I do use this way too, but IIRC my
experience has been that the compiler warns (it doesn't know at compile time
that ds responds to dataCellForRow:sender:), whereas a formal protocol
prevents the warning... I may be misremembering, however.

m.

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