Hey,
Categories in Objective-C are used to add additional methods to existing classes without subclassing them.
Does this mean that Objective-C support some sort of Meta-programming?
Thanks.
That's not what I'd typically consider meta-programming, which to me means things like macros ("programs that write programs") or meta-object protocols.
This is incredibly valuable in Objective-C, often because many of the Cocoa APIs are... not everything they could be. If you're sick of passing the same parameter to some method or having to call 3 or more methods together to perform a single unit of work, just create your own method to make things easier.
You'll likely carry your Categories like a tool belt from project to project. The more conveniences you give yourself, the better your overall productivity.
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