Lists

Open Menu Close Menu

Terms and Conditions
Lists hosted on this site
Email the Postmaster
Tips for posting to public mailing lists

Re: A Short DO Problem

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: A Short DO Problem

Subject: Re: A Short DO Problem
From: Marcel Weiher <email@hidden>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 00:10:07 +0200

On Wednesday, August 14, 2002, at 10:31 Uhr, Gerriet M. Denkmann wrote:

C function probably always return an int, even if the return value is actually shorter.

If only it were so!

Objectiv-C methods probably do the same.

Alas, Apple's PowerPC runtime architecture specifies that unused bits of register are "undefined", meaning the caller has to clear them.

Marcel

--
Marcel Weiher Metaobject Software Technologies
email@hidden www.metaobject.com
Metaprogramming for the Graphic Arts. HOM, IDEAs, MetaAd etc.
_______________________________________________
cocoa-dev mailing list | email@hidden
Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/cocoa-dev
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.

Follow-Ups:
- Re: A Short DO Problem
  - From: "Gerriet M. Denkmann" <email@hidden>

References:
	>A Short DO Problem (From: "Gerriet M. Denkmann" <email@hidden>)

Prev by Date: Re: [TRTFM]ICMP ping using Obj-C
Next by Date: How do you draw a single pixel line?
Previous by thread: A Short DO Problem
Next by thread: Re: A Short DO Problem
Index(es):
- Date
- Thread