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Re: Objective-C Question


  • Subject: Re: Objective-C Question
  • From: Lee Ann Rucker <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:12:38 -0700

On Mar 11, 2013, at 1:45 PM, Dave wrote:

>>> myDict = [[super class] newDict];
>>
>> This should be [super newDict].
>
>> -- Seth
>
>
> Surely that would call the Instance Method (and there isn't one), I think the correct code is:
>
> [[self superclass] newDict];
>
> as someone else all ready said.
>
>

Inside a class method, "self" is an instance of class Class, so "super" also refers to the same Class object.  And [self superclass] refers to a *different* Class object, so [[self superclass] foo] won't always do the same as [super foo].

/insert obligatory "it's all much more obvious in Smalltalk" here.
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