Re: OK to Use C++ Shorthand Constructs in a Cocoa Project?
Re: OK to Use C++ Shorthand Constructs in a Cocoa Project?
- Subject: Re: OK to Use C++ Shorthand Constructs in a Cocoa Project?
- From: glenn andreas <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 08:23:58 -0600
On Nov 3, 2005, at 11:05 PM, John Stiles wrote:
Cameron Hayne wrote:
On 3-Nov-05, at 9:50 PM, Jerry Krinock wrote:
I was wondering if someone could
explain to me why C++ is not enabled in a new Cocoa project
created by the
Assistant in Xcode?
Most people using Cocoa program in Objective-C, which is a
superset of C, not of C++.
But you can use C++ if you want - you get Objective-C++ if you
name your files with ".mm" suffixes.
You should read Apple's docs about mixing C++ and Objective-C.
I don't think there are really official numbers on what "most"
people do :)
Personally, I highly recommend Objective-C++. Even if you aren't a
big C++ fan, it gives you the freedom to to use basic C++ language
constructs like declaring variables in places other than the top of
the function, like "for( int x=0; x<10; x++ )". Or simplified
syntax for things like "struct Foo {}" versus "typedef struct Foo_
{} Foo;" or whatever the C equivalent was.
If only there were a way to tell XCode that when I made a new
Objective C file that by default the suffix should be "mm"...
Glenn Andreas email@hidden
<http://www.gandreas.com/> wicked fun!
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