Re: NSSpeechSynthesizer and empty strings

FROM : Jim Correia
DATE : Sat Jun 28 20:09:11 2008

On Jun 26, 2008, at 8:32 PM, Nick Zitzmann wrote:

> On Jun 26, 2008, at 6:16 PM, William Squires wrote:
>

>> Actually, "if ([myString length] == 0)" is probably better, but 
>> just IMHO... :)

>
> No; don't ever do that. It is possible for an NSString to have zero 
> length but not be empty. See <http://www.cocoabuilder.com/archive/message/cocoa/2004/7/5/111029

> > for details.

That isn't what Mike said. He said that it possible for a *non-empty* 
string can be semantically equal to @"".

A string with 0 length is, obviously, always empty.

Jim