NSApp searchString:inUserInterfaceItemString:searchRange:foundRange: fails if foundRange is NULL

Originator:peter
Number:rdar://32868802 Date Originated:June 20 2017
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:OS X Product Version:10.12.5
Classification:UI/Usability Reproducible:Always
 
Summary:
If foundRange is NULL, the function appears to return NO regardless of the search result.

Steps to Reproduce:
NSAapplication
- (BOOL)searchString:(NSString *)searchString inUserInterfaceItemString:(NSString *)stringToSearch searchRange:(NSRange)searchRange foundRange:(nullable NSRange *)foundRange NS_AVAILABLE_MAC(10_6);

returns NO for all searches if foundRange is NULL.

	NSRange rng;
	NSLog( @"result is %d", [NSApp searchString:@"hello" inUserInterfaceItemString:@"hello" searchRange:NSMakeRange(0,@"hello".length) foundRange:NULL] );
	NSLog( @"result is %d", [NSApp searchString:@"hello" inUserInterfaceItemString:@"hello" searchRange:NSMakeRange(0,@"hello".length) foundRange:&rng] );

Expected Results:
	 result is 1
	 result is 1

Observed Results:
	 result is 0
	 result is 1

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