Re: bug in comparison of NSCells

[Benhur Stein]

> Hello Benhur!
Hi David!

> Interesting indeed.  I've just checked on OS 4.2 and also had it 
> confirmed 
> for OS X that NSAttributedString doesn't implement -compare:  Right 
> now I'm 
> leaning towards changing the implementation of NSCell-compare: to:
> ...
> return [[self stringValue] compare: [(NSCell*)otherCell 
> stringValue]];

I like the idea, but -stringValue do not seem to be in openstep for 
NSString
and NSAttributedString. Maybe -description would be a better option?

> But one good thing is, that we did find this bug, as these cells 
> are 
> currently compared by the location of their _contents in memory.
Yes, I had always wondered why my cells were so strangely ordered...

Cheers,
Benhur