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Re: Initializing a NSMutableString an odd way
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Re: Initializing a NSMutableString an odd way


  • Subject: Re: Initializing a NSMutableString an odd way
  • From: Sandor Szatmari <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 15:42:14 -0400

I think there are some overlooked subtleties as @"" is a string literal.  Retain and release are pretty much meaningless to it.

Sandor Szatmari

On Jul 31, 2013, at 15:28, Vincent Habchi <email@hidden> wrote:

> Thanks to all for answering,
>
>> Why would there be? Your just asking for a mutable copy of an empty string. It should be equivalent to [[NSMutableString alloc] initWithString:@«  »]
>
> But much slower I expect, since it creates a NSString, takes a mutable copy, then implicitly releases the constant empty NSString.
>
> BTW, what’s the difference between [[NSMutableString alloc] init] and [[NSMutableString alloc] initWithString:@“”]?
>
> Vincent
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 >Initializing a NSMutableString an odd way (From: Vincent Habchi <email@hidden>)
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 >Re: Initializing a NSMutableString an odd way (From: Vincent Habchi <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Initializing a NSMutableString an odd way (From: David Duncan <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Initializing a NSMutableString an odd way (From: Vincent Habchi <email@hidden>)

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