Re: [Fwd: RFC GDL2: move +load implementations to +initialize]

[David Ayers]

Adam Fedor wrote:

> On Friday, January 17, 2003, at 09:16 AM, Adam Fedor wrote:
>
> > (2) Objective-C code should never be used in a +load method. A lot of 
> > basic Objective-C/Foundation code is not setup when the +load 
> > messages are sent (like NSString). Trying to send messages in +load 
> > can potentially cause a nightmare of recursive initialization.
>
> Actually, more important, you can't even guarantee that all you 
> classes have been loaded into the runtime when a +load message is sent.
Exactly that was my problem :-) GSPlaceholderString wasn't loaded.

Cheers,
Dave