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PragmaticPraxis67
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So, the lack of a response to what I thought was a pretty straightforward question has me worried that the Apple forums are really focused on much more in depth/interesting questions. I looked for a FAQ, to see if there is any guidance on what kind of questions are considered "appropriate", but as far as I can tell there isn't. I found someone back in 2015 asking about a FAQ, and someone at Apple saying good idea. But still no FAQ.
I would try on StackOverflow, but I have found the quality there isn't what it used to be. Anyway, if anyone wants to chime in saying this original question really doesn't meet the requirements here, please do!
And for now I am using the Optional approach because it works better for other reasons, and I guess if there is a problem I will find out the hard way once I start dogfooding my app. :)