@gpdawson @rosyna So it seems like either there was some *other* reason, or they didn’t think this through, or they… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@gpdawson @rosyna And if the goal was to improve debugging output, there is a separate -debugDescription method for… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@gpdawson @rosyna If the goal was more compact logs, it seems like this could have been fixed by changing -descript… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@rosyna Yes, I understand there are reasons for wanting a truncated description. Perhaps the real mistake was tryin… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@sanguish Not in the OS X era, AFAIK. I agree that it’s a bad idea to rely on description in general. But this was… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@sanguish So there’s never been an API to create NeXT-style property lists? “Wrong” implies that there was a consci… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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App Store to Copy the Best Ideas
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iPhone 11 Reviews: mjtsai.com/blog/2019/09/1… #mjtsaiblog
Apple Tweaks Rules for Children’s Apps and Sign-in: mjtsai.com/blog/2019/09/1… #mjtsaiblog
The Internet Relies on People Working for Free: mjtsai.com/blog/2019/09/1… #mjtsaiblog
Breaking the NSData.description Contract: mjtsai.com/blog/2019/09/1… #mjtsaiblog
Google’s Privacy Sandbox: mjtsai.com/blog/2019/09/1… #mjtsaiblog