Re: KVC

[Chris Farber]

On May 31, 2007, at 4:20 PM, Helge Hess wrote:

> Ok,
>
> found another thing ;-) GNUstep KVC breaks with Unicode keys! Eg:
>
>   [self takeValue:urks forKey:@"Helge Heß"];
>
> produces an exception because the ß can't be converted to ASCII. I  
> recommend switching the conversion to UTF-8.

I don't believe this is an issue, as you cannot use unicode for  
variables or method names.

> Please remember that KVC is not just for accessing methods but for  
> arbitary key/value combinations.

Perhaps you are thinking of NSMutableDictionary? KVC is only for  
setting properties via appropriately named methods or direct access  
to instance variables.

> Thanks,
>   Helge
>
> PS: the above happened in SOGo when the code first attempts to  
> resolve an object (based on a CN) via KVC and only then resorts to  
> other mechanisms. (we do not really key on that name, but we do key  
> other stuff in the same namespace).


Chris Farber