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Re: class_respondsToSelector() in runtime.h?
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Re: class_respondsToSelector() in runtime.h?


  • Subject: Re: class_respondsToSelector() in runtime.h?
  • From: Greg Parker <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:48:58 -0700

On Jun 30, 2010, at 2:42 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
> Yes, I know that, but can you send an instance method to a class object?

Yes, you can. Every class object is itself an instance of NSObject. Therefore, every class object also responds to all of NSObject's instance methods.

http://sealiesoftware.com/blog/archive/2009/04/14/objc_explain_Classes_and_metaclasses.html

(Pedantically, every class object is itself an instance of its root class. But to a close approximation that root class is always NSObject.)


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Greg Parker     email@hidden     Runtime Wrangler


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