Type Safety

The more the compiler knows about our code, the more mistakes it can catch before our users do. These posts look at giving it the information it needs.

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October 22nd, 2011

De-stringing Entity Descriptions

Working with stringy APIs is prone to runtime errors, as the compiler can only enforce that a string is there or not, rather than if the value is correct or not. Core Data loves a stringy API. Here, we look at how to enhance the compiler's involvement with Core Data by de-stringifying the API.