Re: NSNumber pointerValue
Re: NSNumber pointerValue
- Subject: Re: NSNumber pointerValue
- From: Alastair Houghton <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 18:41:49 +0000
On 19 Nov 2003, at 18:00, Bjvrn Carlstrvm wrote:
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I cannot agree that it seems reasonable for the value to become nil.
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NSValue and NSNumber takes a value in a variety of forms and then
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performs converions to different types. To refuse to make a certain
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conversion after being archived seems like a safety feature. Sure the
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pointer could be invalid, but believe me, in my case passing nil is
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more invalid. I also don't believe the pasteboard is designed with a
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preferenece to local or non local passing of data.
Nobody seems to have asked you why on Earth you are putting a pointer
on a pasteboard in the first place... so, why do so? It isn't what
pasteboards were intended for; surely there is a better alternative?
Kind regards,
Alastair.
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