Re: Getting NSUserDefaultsDidChangeNotification notifications

[Richard Frith-Macdonald]

On 29 Jan 2011, at 15:51, Stefan Bidi wrote:

> I've noticed something weird with getting this notification.  In the NSLocale 
> code I add the NSLocale class as an observer so that 
> autoupdatingCurrentLocale can be updated but don't always get a notification 
> as I'd expect.
> 
> The code below outputs:
> 2011-01-29 09:41:48.404 test[8928] en_US
> 2011-01-29 09:41:48.406 test[8928] en_US
> if there is no "Locale" default in "test" domain.  If I set the default 
> before hand (defaults write test Locale "en_US") it is:
> 2011-01-29 09:44:44.397 test[8961] en_US
> 2011-01-29 09:44:44.398 test[8961] pt_BR
> 
> Is this correct?  I don't fully grasp the defaults and notification system 
> yet but I expected to get a notification anytime the defaults changed.  If 
> this is, in fact, what is supposed to be happening, how can I get a 
> notification not only when the default change but also whenever it's added?

You found a bug ... notifications were not reliably being sent.  I think that's 
now fixed in svn trunk.