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Re: NSUserDefault and Negative numerical arguments (Was: Posting mouse clicks with multiple displays)
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Re: NSUserDefault and Negative numerical arguments (Was: Posting mouse clicks with multiple displays)


  • Subject: Re: NSUserDefault and Negative numerical arguments (Was: Posting mouse clicks with multiple displays)
  • From: DeNigris Sean <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:14:18 -0400

In main.m:
NSUserDefaults *args = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];

int x = [args integerForKey:@"x"];
int y = [args integerForKey:@"y"];
If the command line is "MyApp -x -100 -y 100", NSUserDefaults does not recognize the -100 as the value of the x argument - it sets x to 0. If the '-' is removed, everything is fine. Is this a bug? Is there a way around?

Yes-- -100 is parsed as an argument, not as a value to the previous argument.

So, no, it isn't a bug. It is behaving correctly, for some values of correct. Welcome to shell programming & the interface between shell & process. Fragile space. Coder beware.

I consider that if a negative number is a valid value for an option, and NSUserDefaults can not handle them, and this restriction is not documented, then it's a bug.


Non-bug options would be:
a) handle negative arguments correctly
b) restrict numerical arguments to positive values and document this restriction


The behavior of the object does not match the spec.
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