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Chapter 21. Pasteboards and Nil-Targeted... > For the More Curious: Which Object S...
For the More Curious: Which Object Sends the Action Message?
The target on the cut, copy, and paste menu items is nil. We know that sending a message to nil will not do anything. In fact, all target/action messages are handled by NSApplication. It has the following method:
- (BOOL)sendAction:(SEL)anAction to:(id)aTarget from:(id)sender
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