Re: looks like Intel vs. PowerPC difference

FROM : Sherm Pendley
DATE : Thu Aug 03 20:04:13 2006

On Aug 3, 2006, at 1:37 PM, Andrei Tchijov wrote:

> It looks like
>
> +[ NSStream (void)getStreamsToHost:(NSHost *)host port:(int)port 
> inputStream:(NSInputStream **)inputStream outputStream:
> (NSOutputStream **)outputStream ]
>
> works slightly different on Intel, compare to PowerPC.  On PowerPC, 
> when this method fails, it will set inputStream/outputStream to 
> nil.  It looks like on Intel, in case of failure, it leaves 
> inputStream/outputStream untouched.


That sort of internal detail shouldn't make a difference in how you 
use this method.

   NSInputStream *inStream = nil;
   NSOutputStream *outStream = nil;

   [NSStream getStreamsToHost:someHost port:somePort 
inputStream:&inStream outputStream:&outStream];

What effective difference can it possibly make whether +getStreams... 
method explicitly set either inStream or outStream to nil, or simply 
left the existing nil value alone? Either way the result will be the 
same - nil on failure.

sherm--

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