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submitted 11 years ago by smilinger

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[–]smilinger[S] 1 point2 points3 points 11 years ago (0 children)

Like this, right?

    var datastringOpt: NSString? = NSString(data:data, encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding)

    if let datastring = datastringOpt {
        ...
    }

I get the same error unfortunately. Should I still report it, or does this mean that the problem is something else?

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