Re: [Pyobjc-dev] New NibLoader.py

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It works really well and has been integrated into the repository.  The 
WebServicesTool project has been updated to take advantage of the new 
nib management mechanism.

I changed a few minor things [all open to debate, of course -- except 
where it was a stupid bug fix I caused in the first place]:

- I changed the names from loadNib* to loadClassesForNib*.   This 
better fits with Cocoa in that NibLoader isn't truly loading nibs, it 
is loading the classes associated with the nibs -- one may invoke the 
loadNib: method on NSBundle many, many times after the classes for the 
Nib have been loaded (and this is exactly how multi-doc apps work).

- fixed a bug where it was passing .nib instead of 'nib' to NSBundle's 
pathForResource_ofType_ (dumb).

In any case -- it works and works quite well.   The performance hit is 
negligible.  With the features that allow one to dump the current 
configuration of a NIB, it rounds out quite nicely.

I agree w/Ronald in that some advanced debugging/analysis tools would 
be welcome!

BTW:  Technically, the classes.nib file does not have to be present for 
a NIB to work.  It is only used by PBX/IB to store the class 
information.  However, I don't see it as a problem that we require the 
file given that the developer can always fall back to the traditional 
means of doing things.

However-- be forewarned that certain versions of nibtool -- the command 
line nib manipulation tool -- have a habit of blowing away the 
classes.nib.   Definitely something to look for when automatically 
processing NIBs.

b.bum