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Re: Does this caution need fixed? (newb)
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Re: Does this caution need fixed? (newb)


  • Subject: Re: Does this caution need fixed? (newb)
  • From: "Kyle Sluder" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 13:47:39 -0400

On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Chris Paveglio
<email@hidden> wrote:
> I have a loop that gets the user's home directory, and then adds a string to complete the file path for several files.
>
> This line:
> theSettings = [NSHomeDirectory() stringByAppendingPathComponent:[myPrefs objectAtIndex:i]];
>
> gives me a caution sign when I compile. It says "assignment from distinct Objective C type", but the code works.

What type did you declare theSettings to be?

> How important is it to fix that? Also, should my code be "caution free" as a sign of clean coding or can some cautions that don't affect functionality be dismissed?

Many (dare I say most?) developers consider warnings to be the
equivalent of the compiler vomiting in its mouth -- errors are the
subsequent suffocation.  Perhaps you can tell how strongly I feel
about this.

--Kyle Sluder
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