Re: [Pyobjc-dev] Supporting (NSString **) API (and the like)

[Jack J. <Jac...@or...>]

On dinsdag, nov 26, 2002, at 17:37 Europe/Amsterdam, Bill Bumgarner 
wrote:

> I ran across the need to call...
>
>     - (BOOL)getInfoForFile:(NSString *)fullPath application:(NSString 
> **)appName type:(NSString **)type;
>
> ... today.  Obviously, the appName and type parameters pose a problem. 
>   Instead of trying to magically wrap 'em, how about simply creating a 
> category on [in this case] NSWorkspace that offers...
>
>     - (NSDictionary *) pyobjcGetInfoForFile: (NSString *) fullPath;
>
> ... and the implementation simply returns a dictionary with the keys 
> 'application' and 'type'?
>
> The 'pyobjc' prefix will prevent namespace collisions and using a 
> category will continue to associate the functionality with the class.

Good idea. And this also solves the issue about what to do for 
python-specific modules (a Python subpackage or a prefix): use a prefix 
there too. Even though I had a slight preference for a subpackage I 
think that if we use prefixes for methods that have no ObjC equivalent 
we should also use prefixes for modules that have no ObjC equivalent.
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