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by Ingon 3743 days ago
I think it would far more beneficial if they open source Cocoa/CocoaTouch. I don't care how the IDE works as much as the stuff I use every single day.
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I agree. I don't even need very permissive license, just to look at sources would be enough. Sometimes I have to lurk around internet corners just to find out simple things which would require few minutes with source code access. It's so frustrating after Java environment where almost everything is available in source code.
The "source" is almost out there. Attaching the debugger to a 64-bit simulator and putting a breakpoint on Apple methods and functions, you can effortlessly read the disassembler code output by lldb/Xcode. I have fixed and learned countless UIKit-related bugs like that.