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

[Ziemowit Laski]

On 6 Feb, 2004, at 14.10, Alexander Malmberg wrote:

> Ziemowit Laski wrote:
> > On 6 Feb, 2004, at 14.02, Alexander Malmberg wrote:
> > > Ziemowit Laski wrote:
> > > [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? :-)
>
> 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.

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