Migration to modern ObjC subscripting syntax should replace `removeObjectForKey:` with `= nil`

Originator:adigitalknight
Number:rdar://25617791 Date Originated:April 8 2016, 11:14 AM
Status:Closed Resolved:August 16 2017, 12:13 PM
Product:Developer Tools Product Version:
Classification:Enhancement Reproducible:Always
 
Summary:
Feature is:
Xcode -> Edit -> Convert -> To Modern Objective-C Syntax... -> ObjC subscripting

Enhancement desired is to support rewriting `removeObjectForKey:` to the following modern syntax: `dictionary[key] = nil;`

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Input this line in your code:
[[NSMutableDictionary dictionary] removeObjectForKey:@"foo"];

2. Use: Xcode -> Edit -> Convert -> To Modern Objective-C Syntax... -> ObjC subscripting

Expected Results:
Line of code is expected to become:
[NSMutableDictionary dictionary][@"foo"] = nil;

Actual Results:
Line of code is unchanged.

Version:
Xcode Version 7.3 (7D175)

Comments

Apple Developer Relations August 16 2017, 12:13 PM We are not planning to do more work for the ARC migrator.

Thank you for your feedback, it is noted. Engineering has determined that there are currently no plans to address this issue.

We are now closing this bug report.

By adigitalknight at April 11, 2018, 2:48 a.m. (reply...)

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