Re: [objc-improvements] Just remembered something about multiplemethod signatures...

[Ziemowit Laski]

On Tuesday, Sep 9, 2003, at 12:46 US/Pacific, Steve Naroff wrote:

> #1: Make sure the compiler internal cast is consistent with the method 
> the compiler says it is using. Zem's hack to diverge for the case of 
> void is incorrect. If the compiler picks the selector with a void 
> return type (and the program tries to use the result), it should fail.

Ok -- I have been outvoted/overruled. :-(  I shall revert the 
objc-improvements-branch to the old behavior shortly, and after that 
will ask Alex to regenerate his patch and apply it also, after further 
testing.
> #2: Continue to consider these ambiguities warnings. If the user wants 
> to fix these, the language and compiler have the tools (-Werror and 
> strong typing).
>
> #3: Potentially improve the UI (i.e. error messages) that stem from 
> the funny internal casting of objc_msgSend(). That is...try and avoid 
> forcing the user from understanding the calling convention (that is 
> runtime/abi dependent).

I suspect that that will be quite tricky to implement, and therefore 
gladly leave it up to others. :-) :-)
> #4: Consider adding argument overloading for a future release.

Ditto. :-)

--Zem
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