Crash in NSArray literals @[obj,…]

This is a follow-up of my previous article about crash in NSDictionary literals. When we create a NSArray using the literals, be aware not to include any nil objects, otherwise the app will crash.

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NSObject *obj = nil;
id a = @[.., obj]; // All objects inside the literals cannot be nil.

Just like the literals of NSDictionary, the array literals are translated into the following initialization function.

+ (instancetype)arrayWithObjects:(ObjectType  _Nonnull const *)objects count:(NSUInteger)cnt;