From 6b8ba601bcab7db90ec5c3ced80376e53fdc9a79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mccallum <mccallum@72102866-910b-0410-8b05-ffd578937521>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 18:31:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] ([NSDate +distantFuture]): Increase efficiency by caching a
 single instance in a static variable. ([NSDate +distantPast]): Likewise.

git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/libs/base/trunk@1184 72102866-910b-0410-8b05-ffd578937521
---
 Source/NSDate.m | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Source/NSDate.m b/Source/NSDate.m
index 470ecea2d..fd262575d 100644
--- a/Source/NSDate.m
+++ b/Source/NSDate.m
@@ -164,12 +164,18 @@
 
 + (NSDate*) distantFuture
 {
-  return [self dateWithTimeIntervalSinceReferenceDate: DISTANT_FUTURE];
+  static id df = nil;
+  if (!df)
+    df = [[self alloc] initWithTimeIntervalSinceReferenceDate: DISTANT_FUTURE];
+  return df;
 }
 
 + (NSDate*) distantPast
 {
-  return [self dateWithTimeIntervalSinceReferenceDate: DISTANT_PAST];
+  static id dp = nil;
+  if (!dp)
+    dp = [[self alloc] initWithTimeIntervalSinceReferenceDate: DISTANT_PAST];
+  return dp;
 }
 
 - (id) init