Re: How to call?

[stefan urbanek]

On Wed, 05 Mar 2003 08:29:02 +0000, Peter Karlsson wrote
> Ok, to give both the class and method the same name was not my 
> purpose, I am still learning :-)
> 

Who is not? :)

> The thing I wanted to do was just a function, like a function in C. 
> How do I change my code to do that? I don't want to create an 
> instance and all that.

Well, just create a function like you do in plain C, you do not need to 
create a class (@interface and @impementation). Objective-C is a 
superset/extension of C.

Stefan

> 
> >From: Stefan Urbanek <urbanek@host.sk>
> >To: Peter Karlsson <vigour@hotmail.com>
> >CC: discuss-gnustep@gnu.org
> >Subject: Re: How to call?
> >Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 09:16:36 +0100
> >
> >On 2003-03-05 08:43:12 +0100 Peter Karlsson <vigour@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>Hi dear list!
> >>
> >>I have a problem. This is my interface file:
> >>
> >>@interface reset : NSObject
> >>{
> >>}
> >>- reset;
> >>@end
> >>
> >>This is my implementation file:
> >>
> >>@implementation reset
> >>- reset
> >>{
> >>     printf("Hello Gnu People\n");
> >>     return self;
> >>}
> >>@end
> >>
> >>The question is, how do I call reset? I tried just to type reset; and I 
> >>got no errors or warnings when building but the reset code is not called, 
> >>seems to be ignored. What am I doing wrong here?
> >>
> >
> >In your case, 'reset' is a name of a class and also a name of a method. To 
> >call that method, you have to create an instance of that class and send it 
> >the message 'reset'.
> >
> >main()
> >{
> >    ...
> >    reset myObject = [[reset alloc] init]; /* create an instance */
> >
> >    [myObject reset]; /* send a message */
> >    ....
> >}
> >
> >BTW. The naming convenience is that class names start with capital letter, 
> >so it should be named Reset. But it is just a cosmetic thing.
> >
> >Stefan
> >
> >
> 
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