Understanding NSString comparison

Question

Both the following comparisons evaluate to true:

1)

@\"foo\" == @\"foo\";

2)

NSString *myString1 = @\"foo\";
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Answer 1

Check out this example:

NSString *myString1 = @"foo";
NSMutableString *myString2 = [[NSMutableString stringWithString:@"fo"] stringByAppendingString: @"o"];

NSLog(@"isEquality: %@", ([myString1 isEqual:myString2]?@"+":@"-")); //YES
NSLog(@"isEqualToStringity: %@", ([myString1 isEqualToString:myString2]?@"+":@"-")); //YES
NSLog(@"==ity: %@", ((myString1 == myString2)?@"+":@"-")); // NO

So, the compiler is likely to use isEqualToString method to process isEquals for NSString's and dereference pointers, though it had not to. And the pointers are different, as you see.