1.. title:: clang-tidy - google-objc-avoid-nsobject-new 2 3google-objc-avoid-nsobject-new 4============================== 5 6Finds calls to ``+new`` or overrides of it, which are prohibited by the 7Google Objective-C style guide. 8 9The Google Objective-C style guide forbids calling ``+new`` or overriding it in 10class implementations, preferring ``+alloc`` and ``-init`` methods to 11instantiate objects. 12 13An example: 14 15.. code-block:: objc 16 17 NSDate *now = [NSDate new]; 18 Foo *bar = [Foo new]; 19 20Instead, code should use ``+alloc``/``-init`` or class factory methods. 21 22.. code-block:: objc 23 24 NSDate *now = [NSDate date]; 25 Foo *bar = [[Foo alloc] init]; 26 27This check corresponds to the Google Objective-C Style Guide rule 28`Do Not Use +new 29<https://google.github.io/styleguide/objcguide.html#do-not-use-new>`_. 30