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Re: Determining whether a dictionary is mutable or not
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Re: Determining whether a dictionary is mutable or not


  • Subject: Re: Determining whether a dictionary is mutable or not
  • From: "email@hidden" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:28:21 +0000

On 14 Jan 2011, at 10:48, Tito Ciuro wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Trying to determine whether an NSDictionary is mutable or not fails with these two tests:
>
> // Variable info could be NSDictionary or NSMutableDictionary. Assume it's an NSDictionary.
>
> BOOL isKindOfClass = [info isKindOfClass:[NSMutableDictionary class]];
> BOOL respondsToSelector = [info respondsToSelector:@selector(setObject:forKey:)];
>
> After executing the above statements, both variables 'isKindOfClass' and'respondsToSelector' are set to YES.
>
> When I obtain the class type of 'info', I get:
>
> (gdb) po [info class]
> NSCFDictionary
>
> The question is: if 'info' is an immutable dictionary, why is isKindOfClass and respondsToSelector telling me that it is mutable?
>

The following thread discusses the above and the logic that causes it to be so:

http://lists.apple.com/archives/cocoa-dev/2008/Dec/msg00649.html

Regards

Jonathan Mitchell

Developer
Mugginsoft LLP
http://www.mugginsoft.com

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