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0 pointsmiohtama5y ago0 comments

Apple tries to rely on static analysis. But it does not work and the engineering premise for it to work is shaky. This was discussed in Epic vs. Apple recently

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/apple-brass-discusse...

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threeseed5y ago· 1 in thread

Objective-C supports dynamic dispatch i.e. call methods using a string at runtime.

So it's impossible to have static analysis work in all cases.

UncleMeat5y ago

In all cases, sure. But static analysis people have been resolving virtual function calls effectively for decades.

saagarjha5y ago

Apple uses some dynamic analysis as well, but of course this is limited to what they can see during review.

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