Core Data NSPredicate “deleted == NO” does not work as expected

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The problem is that you have defined an attribute deleted for your entity. That conflicts with the isDeleted method of NSManagedObject, so you should rename that attribute.

The following “experiment” shows that strange things happen if you call your attribute “deleted” (c is a managed object with a custom deleted attribute):

// Set custom "deleted" property to YES:
c.deleted = @YES;

// Use the property, as your Code 1
NSLog(@"%@", [c deleted]);
// Output: 1

// Use Key-Value Coding, as your Code 2
NSLog(@"%@", [c valueForKey:@"deleted"]);
// Output: 0

// Now really delete the object and try again:
[context deleteObject:c];
NSLog(@"%@", [c valueForKey:@"deleted"]);
// Output: 1

Your “Code 1” refers to the property, therefore it returns the expected result. “Code 2” uses Key-Value Coding, and [c valueForKey:@"deleted"] returns YES if the object
actually has been deleted from the context!

So renaming that attribute should solve your problem. Unfortunately the compiler does not
emit warnings if an attribute name conflicts with a built-in method.

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