Re: compiling app for 10.6 and 10.7
Re: compiling app for 10.6 and 10.7
- Subject: Re: compiling app for 10.6 and 10.7
- From: Martin Hewitson <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 20:54:53 +0200
On Aug 15, 2011, at 07:50 PM, David Duncan wrote:
> On Aug 15, 2011, at 10:47 AM, Kyle Sluder wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 10:45 AM, David Duncan <email@hidden> wrote:
>>> In either case, the best general way to determine availability of weak-linked implementations is to test for them directly rather than using a system version check (like gestalt). If your using Clang (which I suspect you are not given your error) you could just use:
>>>
>>> "if ([NSPopover class]) { /* do stuff with popovers */ } else { /* do stuff without */ }"
>>
>> Is it the case that this check will only work on 10.6.8 or newer, and
>> that one should fall back on NSClassFromString() if supporting an
>> older version of Snow Leopard?
>
>
> I'd actually forgotten that this required 10.6.8. If you can require 10.6.8, I would use the new style universally. If you cannot I would use the NSClassFromString style until you can.
I was testing on 10.6.8 but couldn't make the Clang + [NSPopover class] scheme work. In the end the NSClassFromString wins the race. Still I'd like to understand why the other scheme doesn't work if it's expected to. I guess I'll try that again tomorrow with fresh eyes.
Martin
> --
> David Duncan
>
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