RE: NSString and NSCopying Protocol

FROM : Jonathan E. Jackel
DATE : Wed Nov 20 23:28:35 2002

> I just saw that NSString doesn't conform to NSCopying Protocol.
>
> Theorically, the documentation of the protocol says : "The exact
> meaning of \"copy\" can vary from class to class, but a copy must be a
> functionally independent object with values identical to the original
> at the time the copy was made."

"Functionally independent" does not not mean a true duplicate in a new
memory address.  It just means that you can convincingly fool everyone into
thinking that there is a true duplicate.

Jonathan
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