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It is part of what makes Objective-C phenomenally good for rapid development in the hands of competent developers. However, as team, and codebase sizes increas
by ipv6ipv4 2y ago
It is part of what makes Objective-C phenomenally good for rapid development in the hands of competent developers. However, as team, and codebase sizes increase, it allows for subtle bugs by less competent developers.
- masklinn 2y agoIt’s also very much related to its use in GUI hierarchies: GUI objects generally have a lot of properties and behaviours, most of which you often don’t care for at any given point. Nil being a shorthand for “do nothing” without needing explicit checking is very convenient.