[webkit-reviews] Patch to fix initialization issues in the WebView subproj

[Nick Zitzmann]

On Jun 12, 2005, at 4:38 PM, Darin Adler wrote:

>> 1. did not properly initialize the superclass,
> This sounds like an important issue. Where did you discover this?

The -[WebViewPrivate init] method as it exists in CVS isn't  
initializing the superclass at all AFAICT.

> By adding error handling for a condition that is never true, this  
> creates code paths that can never be exercised. So I think that  
> arguably it does not make the code better.

According to <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/ 
Conceptual/CodingGuidelines/Articles/FrameworkImpl.html> (see "Error  
Detection During Initialization") it is important.

> I like the suggestion of using:
>
>     if (!self)
>         return nil;
>
> It would cause fewer changes and make it easier to merge patches  
> with this change. I'd like to see a patch that does it this way.

OK, will do.

Nick Zitzmann
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