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Re: Scope of [NSMutableDictionary setObject:] in an array
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Re: Scope of [NSMutableDictionary setObject:] in an array


  • Subject: Re: Scope of [NSMutableDictionary setObject:] in an array
  • From: Ondra Cada <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 21:46:39 +0200

On Friday, September 13, 2002, at 07:51 , Jeremy Dronfield wrote:

Could someone explain to me why it is that, whereas the following code works just fine...
...
NSString *listString = [NSString stringWithString:[textView1 string]]
;
...
[values setObject:listString forKey:@"Files List"];

...the following version results in the current values of the text view strings replacing ALL the @"Files List" and @"Parts List" values in ALL the dictionaries in "projects"?
...
[values setObject:[textView1 string] forKey:@"Files List"];

You posted your own answer: since a text view contains a mutable string, whenever you place it (as in the latter case), its *current* contents will be always shown. If you store a copy (as in the former case), the copy of course won't change.

That dictionary retains (and not copies) its values is, I believe, documented. That [textview string] does not return a snapshot but the live internal mutable string is not (at least so far as I recall), but your code proves it ;)
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Ondra Cada
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