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Asked: May 15, 20262026-05-15T07:02:07+00:00 2026-05-15T07:02:07+00:00

Sorry for the multitude of iPhone Programming newb questions but.. what is the reason

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Sorry for the multitude of iPhone Programming newb questions but..

what is the reason for having an unsigned type for something such as

- (unsigned)count

for the NSArray class.

Why not just define it as

- (int)count

?

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    2026-05-15T07:02:08+00:00Added an answer on May 15, 2026 at 7:02 am

    An array can’t have a negative number of items, so an unsigned integer is a much better match for the kinds of values this method will actually return.

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