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RE: NSString and NSCopying Protocol
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RE: NSString and NSCopying Protocol


  • Subject: RE: NSString and NSCopying Protocol
  • From: "Jonathan E. Jackel" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 17:28:35 -0500

> I just saw that NSString doesn't conform to NSCopying Protocol.
>
> Theorically, the documentation of the protocol says : "The exact
> meaning of \"copy\" can vary from class to class, but a copy must be a
> functionally independent object with values identical to the original
> at the time the copy was made."

"Functionally independent" does not not mean a true duplicate in a new
memory address. It just means that you can convincingly fool everyone into
thinking that there is a true duplicate.

Jonathan
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