Re: objc-runtime - methodLists not in Class

[Tobias]

> >>do we have something similar, or do i have to create a function to do
> >> this?
>
> That depends on who you mean by "we" :-)

we is always me + rest of world - some others ;)
i meant fsf, because gnustep is part of the gnu project

> The ObjC Runtime is part of the compiler libraries.  But, yes, the FSF
> GCC's ObjC Runtime has a corresponding stucture member:
> struct objc_method_list*  methods;
> found in:
> objc/objc.h
> see:
> http://gcc.gnu.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/gcc/libobjc/objc/objc.h?rev=1.3&conte
>nt-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup it is a linked list rather than an array of
> pointers.

thx, i failed to look at the typedef of objc_method_list.


>
> Unfortunately the NeXT/Apple and FSF ObjC Runtimes have multiple subtile
> differences.  gnustep/base/objc-gnu2next.h attempts to do some runtime
> mappings but does the wrong thing for some mappings, which just aren't
> as simple as redefine. (see: class_get_class_method/class_getClassMethod)

i thought (because of the name) that it was only one-way. but looking at the 
header, i see that it is bi-directional ;)
...but unfortunaly does not seem very complete from next/apple to gnu

> That's why gnustep has GSObjCRuntime.h/.m, which can abstract the
> runtime API much better. 

which i unfortunately will not be able to use (at least in the short term).

> Maybe you could explain a bit more what it is you want to do and I could
> see if I could post an RFA for the bits I've got, if the help solve your
> problem, because I'm still to far from posting an RFA for all the tweaks
> I'm fiddeling with.

i am porting rubycocoa [1] trying to rewrite as less as possible, so that i 
can eventually get my patches in the official tree.
this goal prohibits me from using GSObjCRuntime (in the short term ;).

[1] rubycocoa.sf.net it is gpl ;)

thx again, dave.

~ibotty