Re: [libobjc] May I tweak objc-api.h?

[Ziemowit Laski <zlaski at apple dot com>]

On 6 Feb, 2004, at 13.10, Andrew Pinski wrote:

> On Feb 6, 2004, at 12:52, Ziemowit Laski wrote:
>
> > Specifically,
> >
> >   typedef struct objc_super {
> >     id      self;                           /* Id of the object 
> > sending
> >                                                 the message. */
> >     Class class;                              /* Object's super 
> > class. */
> >   } Super, *Super_t;
> >
> > As you may guess, C++ is not too crazy about using 'class'
> > as an identifier.  In the past, I hacked Apple's ObjC++
> > compiler to accept this. :-(  Now, though, I'm working on
> > putting ObjC++ into the FSF, where it should behave more sanely.
> >
> > (Turns out that our NeXT headers have exactly the same problem,
> > and I'm hoping to be able to tweak them as well.)
> >
> > So, do you think it would be OK to rename 'class' above to, say, 
> > 'super_class'?
>
> This is okay with me, just make sure that you tweak it every where it
> is referenced.

Kewl.  I'll make a libobjc patch.

--Zem
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