NSString literals

NSStringLiterals.m

// Currently, there's too much effort for printing strings with arguments.

// The current way
NSString *sentence = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"This is a text with argument %@", argument];

// Possible literal
NSString *sentence = @("This is a text with argument %@", argument);

I like the way Ruby does it. The ObjC equivalent would be:

NSString *sentence = @"This is a %@ with argument %@" % obj, arg;

@neilco correct, but I'm not sure the compiler would be able to do it and maintain compatibility with C.

Wouldn't the compiler be more comfortable with:

NSString *sentence = @(@"This is a text with argument %@", argument);

Have you tried to ask Apple for this new feature? :)

@umairsd correct, that's the original proposal :)

@dilejmon, I haven't; wanted to see what others are saying. I don't know either what's the best place to ask this question :)
In the meantime, @neilco has built a macro _(@"text: %@", argument) , but I find it a bit confusing for newcomers.

We ended up with NSStringWithFormat(@"text: %@", argument) , you can find it in ObjectiveSugar