Re: [Foo new] vs [[Foo alloc] init]:

FROM : Keith Duncan
DATE : Fri Feb 15 22:11:44 2008

> As far as I understand, [Foo new] is exactly equivalent to [[Foo 
> alloc] init]


Correct.

Chaining alloc and init is just the in vogue convention as far as I 
know. I've been told that -new used to be a popular way of doing it 
back in the days of NeXTStep.

There is noting wrong with using it though.

Keith