[B2-devel] Re: Minor 0.9 patches, OS X source archive ready(?)

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I wrote:
>    The one in user_strings.h is necessary for some compilers which
>    report the "extern user_string_def" declarations as an error.
>    (which it definately is - a structure name is being used as a type)
>
>    The version.h one is to allow multiple files to include it.
>    I need this in the MacOS port, where main_MacOXS.m writes a
>    version number to stdout on program loading, and the "About"
>    window also needs a version number.
> 

Gwenole Beauchesne responded:
> A structure name is a type name in C++. No need for typedef.
>
> In C++, a constant with no extra specificiers has file scope, by default.

	Oops. In all this time, I had never realised these two
slight differences between C & C++. I have workarounds in my source
code for these, so it is no problem.


...
> Therefore, if you need the "static" specifier for Objective-C++, we can't
> add it but it's not necessary.

	Mac OS X's development classes come in either Objective-C or
Java versions. There is no Objective C++ compiler yet.

...
> Nigel, I forgot to report it to you. The binary you sent me would not want
> to save the prefs and therefore, when I try to run the emulator, I get an
> error about the ROM that could not be found.

	Sadly, there are a few unimplemented parts in the code
(CD-ROM, EtherNet, floppy, and some of the preferences).

	As a workaround, use a text editor to modify the fields in
the newly created .basilisk_ii_prefs file in your home directory.
That should get you going.

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