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Posted by jon kelson
jon kelson
5,149 Points

convenience initializers . ?

hi all just for me to understand completely, why do we use convenience initializers . is it to give our object a default or two in our sub classes ? and if so why don't we give a default in our base class ?

shane reichefeld
shane reichefeld
Courses Plus Student 2,232 Points

its so you can call the init method for anywhere within your programs so you dont have to keep coding the same thing over and over again, i hope this is the answer you where looking for