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

[Ziemowit Laski]

On 6 Feb, 2004, at 14.19, Andrew Pinski wrote:

>
> On Feb 6, 2004, at 14:14, Ziemowit Laski wrote:
>
>>
>> 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.
>
>
> But the structs are used in GNUStep and which cannot change just 
> support one version of
> gcc.  They have to support multiple versions of gcc.  I rescind my ok 
> on this.  Knowing that
> programs will brake.  Also changing it conditional on __cplusplus is 
> okay with me as it is
> okay with Alex.

OK, I'll do the conditional change.

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