Re: MulleEOInterface

[Dirk Theisen]

Hi!

> > this stuff was probably there to speed things up (Nat! is a
> > well-respected speed optimization fanatic).
> >
> > You can use the following on Apple/GNUstep:
> >
> > #ifndef GNU_RUNTIME /* NeXT RUNTIME */
> >
> > #define EDObjcMsgSend(obj, sel) objc_msgSend((obj), (sel))
> > #define EDObjcMsgSend1(obj, sel, obj1) objc_msgSend((obj), (sel),
> > (obj1))
> > #define EDObjcMsgSend2(obj, sel, obj1, obj2) objc_msgSend((obj),
> > #(sel),
> > (obj1), (obj2))
> > #define EDObjcMsgSend3(obj, sel, obj1, obj2, obj3)
> > #objc_msgSend((obj),
> > (sel), (obj1), (obj2), (obj3))
> >
> > #else /* GNU_RUNTIME */
> >
> > #define EDObjcMsgSend(obj, sel) objc_msg_lookup((obj), (sel))((obj),
> > (sel))
> > #define EDObjcMsgSend1(obj, sel, obj1) objc_msg_lookup((obj),
> > (sel))((obj), (sel), (obj1))
> > #define EDObjcMsgSend2(obj, sel, obj1, obj2) objc_msg_lookup((obj),
> > (sel))((obj), (sel), (obj1), (obj2))
> > #define EDObjcMsgSend3(obj, sel, obj1, obj2, obj3)
> > objc_msg_lookup((obj), (sel))((obj), (sel), (obj1), (obj2), (obj3))
> >
> > #endif
>
> Ok, thanks, but then, in the GNU case, you have to be careful of the
> side effects lest you should lose performance or more evil things
> happen. In this special case it was
>
>  objc_msgSend([objects objectAtIndex: i], selector, argument)
>
> which after expansion will search the array twice.

Maybe this should be "static inline" functions then?

Dirk