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

[Ziemowit Laski]

On 6 Feb, 2004, at 15.48, Nicola Pero wrote:

>
>>>>>> 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? :-)
>>>
>>> Only if you can give us a really good answer to the first question. 
>>> :)
>>>
>>> Again: What do you propose that code should do to work with both
>>> versions?
>>
>> If you rename 'class' to 'super_class' and reference it as
>> 'super_class',
>> then this will work in all four of our C flavors, so I'm not sure I
>> understand
>> your question...  Or are you suggesting that we do something like
>>
>>    #ifdef __cplusplus
>>      Class super_class;
>>    #else
>>      Class class;
>>    #endif
>>
>> ?  While possible, I'd submit that this approach will be more 
>> confusing
>> in the long run.
>
> Yes - it would be messy and confusing.  Why don't you just rename it 
> and
> increase the ObjC runtime version number ?

Alas, incrementing the version # seems like an even bigger Pandora's 
box... :-)
>
> Then GNUstep can check for the ObjC runtime version number, and use 
> class
> or super_class depending on the ObjC runtime version number.

I guess I'll go with the #ifdef OBJCPLUS/__cplusplus for now, since 
that's
what others agreed to, it solves my problems, and (perhaps most 
importantly)
theological debates are not my forte. :-)

Thanks for your support, though,

--Zem
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