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Re: ObjC Method naming

Does this mean that I could write my method calls as:

[myRect setWidth:10.0, 10.5];

Would it be acceptable without any parameter names, just commas? Or, do I
have to use colons?

[myRect setWidth:10.0 :10.5];

Just trying to get as close to a c++ style calling structure as possible
since that's the way my brain's wired right now. Fewer keystrokes is
better.

Also, what does the minus sign ("-") mean in the declaration? I've seen the
plus sign used also. What's the difference? All it says in the docs is
"you could also use the plus sign..." but doesn't follow up with any meaning
behind it. And when I declare a method, do I HAVE to declare it with
parameter names or can I leave them out?

Ex.
- (void) setWidth:(float) w height:(float) h



Rock on!
Scott

P.S. I miss Bjarne Stroustrup!
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On 5/28/01 1:26 PM, "Nat!" <email@hidden> wrote:

> Am Montag, 28. Mai 2001 um 20:41 schrieb Pedrum Mohageri:
>
>> I have a silly question about the style convention used in
>> Objective C
>> code. Take this example from page 56 of the ObjC reference.
>>
>> [myRect setWidth:10.0 height:15.0];
>>
>> Does this mean there is a method called set with two parameters width
>> and
>> height? Wouldn't that be represented like this:
>>
>> [myRect set Width:10.0 height:15.0];
>>
>> Or does it mean there a method called setWidth with two parameters, a
>> nameless one(default?) and height.
>
> It means that there is a method called "setWidth:height:" that accepts
> two parameters. All the "parameter names" are concatenated _including_
> the ':' to form the method name. That's important to know, when playing
> with selectors. Technically therefore both parameters are really
> nameless. Since the method declaration is also written in the
> non-concatenated form (just as you would call it):
>
> - (void) setWidth:(float) w height:(float) h // compiles into
> setWidth:height:
> {
> ...
> }
>
> you don't much notice it.
>
>
> But what really happens is that [myRect setWidth:10.0 height:15.0]
> translates into
>
> objc_msgSend( myRect, @selector( setWidth:height:), 10.0, 15.0);
>
>
> Nat!
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