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

[Ziemowit Laski <zlaski at apple dot com>]

On 6 Feb, 2004, at 14.07, Ziemowit Laski wrote:

> On 6 Feb, 2004, at 14.02, Alexander Malmberg wrote:
>
> > Ziemowit Laski wrote:
> > >    typedef struct objc_super {
> > >      id      self;                           /* Id of the object 
> > > sending
> > >                                                  the message. */
> > >      Class class;                              /* Object's super 
> > > class.
> > > */
> > >    } Super, *Super_t;
> > [snip]
> > > So, do you think it would be OK to rename 'class' above to, say,
> > > 'super_class'?
> >
> > This field is used in GNUstep. What do you propose that code should do
> > to work with both versions? Change the name only if __cplusplus is
> > defined?
>
> Change the name unconditionally... please? :-)

Of course, this only applies to stuff in headers that may get pulled 
into
a C++/ObjC++ translation unit.  I just noticed that GNU libobjc has 
local
objects named 'class' in its .c and .m files, which is fine.

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