Re: ApplescriptObjC
Re: ApplescriptObjC
- Subject: Re: ApplescriptObjC
- From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 09:22:33 +1100
On 20 Oct 2015, at 12:03 AM, Jean-Christophe Helary <email@hidden> wrote:
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> (I know I have Shane's full attention now :)
You do indeed!
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> I just bought "Everyday ApplescriptObjC 3ed" yesterday and was left to wonder what is the possibility that Apple would release an ApplescriptSwift to replace ApplescriptObjC ?
First, thank you. I greatly appreciate the support. I suspect such a thing highly unlikely in the foreseeable future. Apart from anything else, AppleScriptObjC relies on many of the dynamic features of Objective-C that don't exist in Swift. With some exceptions, Objective-C is a nice fit for AppleScript. Longer term, who knows? But it's not as if AppleScript scripters are missing out on anything.
OTOH, Hamish Sanderson is working on a Swift front-end for scripting, so maybe something like that will be a more feasible option.
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> Also, "AppleScriptObjC Explored" still only covers Xcode 5 and "unfortunately updating the book is not feasible at this time." Is there a time frame when it would be reasonable to expect an update ?
Unfortunately it really needs a complete re-write, and the time-frame for such a thing is driven by economics. I'd be misleading you to suggest there was much chance of it happening at all, simply because there isn't much demand.
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Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
<www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/apps/>
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