NSSet到底什么类型,其实它和NSArray功能性质一样,用于存储对象,属于集合; NSSet , NSMutableSet类声明编程接口对象,无序的集合,在内存中存储方式是不连续的,不像NSArray(是有序的集合)类声明编程接口对象是有序集合,在内存中存储位置是连续的;
NSSet和我们常用NSArray区别是:在搜索一个一个元素时NSSet比NSArray效率高,主要是它用到了一个算法hash(散列,也可直译为哈希);开发文档中这样解释:You can use sets as an alternative to arrays when the order of elements isn’t important and performance in testing whether an object is contained in the set is a consideration—while arrays are ordered, testing for membership is slower than with sets.