Re: How can I convince an NSBigMutableString to become a mere NSAttributedString ?
Re: How can I convince an NSBigMutableString to become a mere NSAttributedString ?
- Subject: Re: How can I convince an NSBigMutableString to become a mere NSAttributedString ?
- From: David Duncan <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:11:55 -0700
On Jul 17, 2012, at 4:58 PM, Erik Stainsby <email@hidden> wrote:
> I'm working with the text from a multiline NSTextField. When it arrives in the delegate it is represented in an NSBigMutableString. Casting this to a NSAttributedString seems to have no effect on the actual class being used by the NSString cluster.
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> I can't seem to find any documentation on NSBigMutableString.
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> Can someone with deep experience tell me if I can _safely_ assume that NSBMS will respect all of NSAttributedString's method calls ?
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> Also if I have a convenience function in a category, should I rewrite it as a category on NSString ? Or directly on the NSBMS, which seems to be a hidden class? Writing a category on a hidden class just doesn't feel right.
Your assuming you should care that it is an NSBigMutableString in the first place. From what I can see, the delegates all declare that you are receiving an NSString, and as such you should be treating the value you get as an NSString.
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David Duncan
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