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Re: No sure way to tell whether an array is mutable?
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Re: No sure way to tell whether an array is mutable?


  • Subject: Re: No sure way to tell whether an array is mutable?
  • From: "R. Matthew Emerson" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:37:06 -0500


On Jan 25, 2007, at 9:21 PM, Kenny Leung wrote:

I think I have just been burned by something sinister: an object says that it is an NSMutableArray, but turns out to be non-mutable. I'm wondering if anyone has run into this:

code snippet:

    if ( [newChildren isKindOfClass:[NSMutableArray class]] ) {
        HXDebug(@"Mutable:%@", newChildren);
    }
    [newChildren insertObject:entry atIndex:newIndex];

output:

DEBUG Mutable:()
*** -[NSCFArray insertObject:atIndex:]: mutating method sent to immutable object

It turns out that the documentation for isKindOfClass: warns about this very situation.


See <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/ Foundation/Protocols/NSObject_Protocol/Reference/NSObject.html#// apple_ref/occ/intfm/NSObject/isKindOfClass:>

Instead, you might be able to use something like

if ([newChildren respondsToSelector:@selector (insertObject:atIndex:)]) { ... }


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