Re: dot syntax issue? (Newb Question?)
Re: dot syntax issue? (Newb Question?)
- Subject: Re: dot syntax issue? (Newb Question?)
- From: Ali Ozer <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 10:06:29 -0800
If the definitions were in perfect sync, it may be fine; I am not
sure. There is a chance that Apple's definition may be different, and
that will likely cause a conflict, at least at compile time. And in
fact, since an @property declaration represents metadata, a difference
may lead to a binary incompatibility.
Ali
On Nov 8, 2007, at 09:49 , John Stiles wrote:
On Nov 8, 2007, at 9:44 AM, mmalc crawford wrote:
On Nov 8, 2007, at 9:40 AM, John Stiles wrote:
On Nov 8, 2007, at 9:33 AM, mmalc crawford wrote:
On Nov 8, 2007, at 9:28 AM, John Stiles wrote:
Just a random hypothetical: if one were to add a category on
NSStatusItem and implement -enabled (and have it call through to
-isEnabled), would that enable dot-syntax for the enabled
property?
Why would you do that rather than using properties directly?
@interface NSStatusItem (PropertySupport)
@property (getter=isEnabled) BOOL enabled;
@end
Err, why not? Whatever gets the job done :)
Because you're needlessly adding another method call and hiding
information.
Anyway, this looks like a good solution. Why didn't you suggest
this in the beginning?
See Ali's reply.
So theoretically, in 10.6 Apply may do something like what you
suggested:
@interface NSStatusItem (PropertySupport)
@property (getter=isEnabled) BOOL enabled;
@end
and at that point, if we had done it separately in our own code, it
would lead to an error condition?
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