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Re: How to recognize mutability?
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Re: How to recognize mutability?


  • Subject: Re: How to recognize mutability?
  • From: "Gerriet M. Denkmann" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:34:13 +0700

On 22 Feb 2013, at 03:00, Markus Spoettl <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>
> On 2/21/13 5:05 AM, Gerriet M. Denkmann wrote:
>>> On 2/20/13 9:10 AM, Gerriet M. Denkmann wrote:
>>>> P.S.
>>>> I want my own archiver for 2 reasons:
>>>> 1. NSKeyedArchiver can store only certain strings
>>>
>>> I find that very hard to believe.
>>
>> I find that very easy to proof:
>>
>
> OK, granted that's really bad, but it's hardly what "can store only certain
> strings" implies. It sounded as if there were arbitrary character sequences that
> could not be stored when in fact in can't store one special character sequence.

Well, the opposite of: "can store all strings" is: "can store only certain strings".
My point is that the number of unstorable strings is greater than zero. Whether it is 1 or any other number is quite beside the point.

If something does not work correctly, I insist of calling it "broken". Even if it might work correctly in most cases.

Some people obviously think otherwise (e.g. Apple engineers responsible for NSKeyedArchiver).

Kind regards,

Gerriet.

P.S. I have to admit that the wording "can store only certain strings" verges on the over-dramatic.

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