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<content type="html">&lt;h2 id=&quot;reduction&quot;&gt;Reduction&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With the coverage information gained in the previous chapter, we can now
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custom static library, that contains only the necessary files.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;todo&quot;&gt;TODO&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Explain how this is done with the cmake &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;OBJC_COVERAGE_OPTIMIZED_LIBS&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I have this already written somewhere…&lt;/p&gt;
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<content type="html">&lt;h2 id=&quot;coverage&quot;&gt;Coverage&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can create Objective-C coverage information for any mulle-objc program.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Coverage files will be are generated when you run the program with
with the environment variables &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;MULLE_OBJC_PEDANTIC_EXIT&lt;/code&gt; and
&lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;MULLE_OBJC_COVERAGE&lt;/code&gt; set to YES:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;language-bash highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;nv&quot;&gt;MULLE_OBJC_PEDANTIC_EXIT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;YES &lt;span class=&quot;nv&quot;&gt;MULLE_OBJC_COVERAGE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;YES myexe
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This will produce two coverage files &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;class-coverage.csv&lt;/code&gt; and
&lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;method-coverage.csv&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;alert alert-info&quot; role=&quot;alert&quot;&gt;&lt;i class=&quot;fa fa-info-circle&quot;&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;b&gt;Note:&lt;/b&gt; Your executable needs to properly terminate, to generate
coverage information. If that isn’t possible, call
&lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;mulle_objc_csvdump_methodcoverage()&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;mulle_objc_csvdump_classcoverage()&lt;/code&gt;
yourself, when you know the runtime system is quiescent.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;extending-coverage-files&quot;&gt;Extending coverage files&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A second “coverage” run will append to previously existing coverage files.
But you can also concatenate coverage files from various source with &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;cat&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;language-bash highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;nb&quot;&gt;cat &lt;/span&gt;coverage&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;.txt | &lt;span class=&quot;nb&quot;&gt;sort&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nt&quot;&gt;-u&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt; class-coverage.csv
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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<content type="html">&lt;h2 id=&quot;mulle-objc-listmulle-objc-lista&quot;&gt;mulle-objc-list/mulle-objc-lista&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;mulle-objc-list&lt;/strong&gt; generates CSV style information from dynamic libraries,
that contain mulle-objc code. You can list the contained classes, methods and
properties. It’s the backbone of the mulle-objc tool set.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;mulle-objc-lista&lt;/strong&gt; is the variant that handles static libraries.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;//github.com/mulle-objc/mulle-objc-runtime&quot;&gt;mulle-objc-runtime&lt;/a&gt; for more
details.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;mulle-objc-uniqueid&quot;&gt;mulle-objc-uniqueid&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Generates the &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;@selector()&lt;/code&gt; hash value from a string. This can be useful when
writing C code, that calls Objective-C.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;language-console highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;gp&quot;&gt;$&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;w&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;mulle-objc-uniqueid alloc
&lt;span class=&quot;go&quot;&gt;ab1bb16b
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;language-c highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;mulle_objc_object_call&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;self&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mh&quot;&gt;0xab1bb16b&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;nil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;//github.com/mulle-objc/mulle-objc-runtime&quot;&gt;mulle-objc-runtime&lt;/a&gt; for more
details.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;mulle-objc-loader-tool&quot;&gt;mulle-objc-loader-tool&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Generates the required &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;MulleObjCLoader&lt;/code&gt; category files for a library.
This tool is used in the &lt;a href=&quot;modern&quot;&gt;modern workflow&lt;/a&gt; to generate the
proper dependency information.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;//github.com/mulle-objc/mulle-objc-list&quot;&gt;mulle-objc-list&lt;/a&gt; for more
details.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;mulle-objc-signature&quot;&gt;mulle-objc-signature&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Separates an ‘@encode()’ Objective-C type into constituents, separated by ‘;’.
This can be useful for creating inspection tools.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;language-console highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;gp&quot;&gt;$&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;w&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;mulle-objc-uniqueid alloc ^v@:@&lt;span class=&quot;s2&quot;&gt;&quot;NSString&quot;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;gp&quot;&gt;^v;&lt;/span&gt;@&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;@&lt;span class=&quot;s2&quot;&gt;&quot;NSString&quot;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;//github.com/mulle-objc/mulle-objc-runtime&quot;&gt;mulle-objc-runtime&lt;/a&gt; for more
details.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;mulle-objc-printline&quot;&gt;mulle-objc-printline&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A little utility to fake a “class-coverage.csv” entry.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;language-console highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;gp&quot;&gt;$&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;w&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;mulle-objc-printline &lt;span class=&quot;nt&quot;&gt;--method&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nt&quot;&gt;-foo&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nt&quot;&gt;--category&lt;/span&gt; Foo Bar
&lt;span class=&quot;gp&quot;&gt;bbc7dbad;&lt;/span&gt;Bar&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;c7e16770&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;Foo&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;9f37ed7a&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;nt&quot;&gt;-foo&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;coverage.html&quot;&gt;Coverage&lt;/a&gt; for more details about mulle-objc
coverage information.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;mulle-objc-searchid&quot;&gt;mulle-objc-searchid&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Grep through libraries to find the matching string for a selector, classid,
protocol et.c. This can be useful when debugging optimized code.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;language-console highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;gp&quot;&gt;$&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;w&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;mulle-objc-searchid ab1bb16b
&lt;span class=&quot;go&quot;&gt;@selector( alloc) is ab1bb16b
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;//github.com/mulle-objc/mulle-objc-list&quot;&gt;mulle-objc-list&lt;/a&gt; for more
details.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;mulle-objc-unarchive&quot;&gt;mulle-objc-unarchive&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Used by the library optimization process, that unpacks and repacks static
libraries to only contain required classes and categories.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;//github.com/mulle-objc/mulle-objc-list&quot;&gt;mulle-objc-list&lt;/a&gt; for more
details.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;mulle-objc-uncovered-methods&quot;&gt;mulle-objc-uncovered-methods&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Creates a list of methods not being messaged during a programs run. This can
be useful for finding missing tests.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;coverage.html&quot;&gt;Coverage&lt;/a&gt; for more details about mulle-objc coverage information.&lt;/p&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[Porting: Xcode projects]]></title>
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<published>2024-06-19T00:00:00+02:00</published>
<updated>2024-06-19T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nat!</name>
<uri>https://www.mulle-kybernetik.com</uri>
</author>
<content type="html">&lt;p&gt;As &lt;strong&gt;mulle-objc&lt;/strong&gt; evolves, more and more Xcode projects will be portable
without effort. For now Foundation based Tool and Library targets are
the candidates for porting.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;mulle-xcode-to-cmake&quot;&gt;mulle-xcode-to-cmake&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Getting an existing Xcode project to run with &lt;strong&gt;mulle-objc&lt;/strong&gt; can be very easy
with &lt;a href=&quot;//github.com/mulle-nat/mulle-xcode-to-cmake&quot;&gt;mulle-xcode-to-cmake&lt;/a&gt;.
Assuming that your Xcode project file is named “project.xcodeproj”, these
steps may already be sufficient:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;language-bash highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;mulle-xcode-to-cmake &lt;span class=&quot;nb&quot;&gt;export &lt;/span&gt;project.xcodeproj &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt; CMakeLists.txt
mulle-sde init &lt;span class=&quot;nt&quot;&gt;-m&lt;/span&gt; foundation/objc-porter executable
mulle-sde craft
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To install:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;language-bash highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;mulle-sde craft craftorder
mulle-sde run mulle-make &lt;span class=&quot;nb&quot;&gt;install&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nt&quot;&gt;--prefix&lt;/span&gt; /tmp/whereever
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;converting-to-the-modern-workflow&quot;&gt;Converting to the modern workflow&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If your project contains one or many libraries, it is best to split them
up into multiple projects.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Replace the &lt;em&gt;objc-porter&lt;/em&gt; environment with the &lt;em&gt;objc-developer&lt;/em&gt; environment:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;language-bash highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;nb&quot;&gt;rm&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nt&quot;&gt;-rf&lt;/span&gt; .mulle
mulle-sde init &lt;span class=&quot;nt&quot;&gt;-m&lt;/span&gt; foundation/objc-developer executable
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And then you are ready to setup a &lt;a href=&quot;modern.html&quot;&gt;project&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[Porting: Objective-C++]]></title>
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<published>2024-06-14T00:00:00+02:00</published>
<updated>2024-06-14T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nat!</name>
<uri>https://www.mulle-kybernetik.com</uri>
</author>
<content type="html">&lt;div class=&quot;alert alert-info&quot; role=&quot;alert&quot;&gt;&lt;i class=&quot;fa fa-info-circle&quot;&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;b&gt;Note:&lt;/b&gt; C++ is already the most complex language in the
world and adding Objective-C on top of it, is like the worst of both worlds.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;use-c-from-objective-c&quot;&gt;Use C++ from Objective-C&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Create a C code wrapper to call the C++ functions. Then call the C code from
Objective-C.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;C++&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;cpp.h:&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;language-c++ highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cp&quot;&gt;#ifdef __cplusplus
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;extern&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;s&quot;&gt;&quot;C&quot;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;cp&quot;&gt;#endif
&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;kt&quot;&gt;void&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;call_cpp1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;kt&quot;&gt;char&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;kt&quot;&gt;char&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;call_cpp2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;kt&quot;&gt;void&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;cp&quot;&gt;#ifdef __cplusplus
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;};&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;cp&quot;&gt;#endif
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Objective-C&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;foo.m&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;language-objc highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cp&quot;&gt;#include&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;cpf&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;cpp.h&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cp&quot;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;@implementation&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nc&quot;&gt;Foo&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;-&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;kt&quot;&gt;void&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nf&quot;&gt;callCPlusPlus1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;:(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;kt&quot;&gt;char&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;s&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;call_cpp1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;-&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;kt&quot;&gt;char&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;callCPlusPlus2&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;call_cpp2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;@end&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;use-objective-c-from-c&quot;&gt;Use Objective-C from C++&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is possible too, but you need to link against the &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;mulle-objc-runtime.h&lt;/code&gt;
only:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;TODO: test this does this work with mulle-c11 ?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;language-objc highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cp&quot;&gt;#ifdef __cplusplus
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;extern&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;s&quot;&gt;&quot;C&quot;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;cp&quot;&gt;#include&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;cpf&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;mulle-objc/mulle-objc-runtime.h&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cp&quot;&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;};&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;cp&quot;&gt;#endif
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now you can use the runtime functions to create instances and call them.
It’s very cumbersome though.&lt;/p&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[Porting: unichar]]></title>
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<published>2024-06-11T00:00:00+02:00</published>
<updated>2024-06-11T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nat!</name>
<uri>https://www.mulle-kybernetik.com</uri>
</author>
<content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Apple Foundation uses UTF-16 as &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;unichar&lt;/code&gt;, whereas the mulle-objc Foundation used
UTF-32 as &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;unichar&lt;/code&gt;. As long as your code is not assuming 16-bit for its size,
there should be no problem.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When accessing string contents as &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;unichar *&lt;/code&gt; with &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;dataUsingEncoding:&lt;/code&gt; use the
generic &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;NSUnicodeStringEncoding&lt;/code&gt; instead of &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;NSUTF32StringEncoding&lt;/code&gt;/&lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;NSUTF16StringEncoding&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt; data = [s dataUsingEncoding:NSUnicodeStringEncoding];
here_some_unichars( (unichar *) [data bytes], [data length] / sizeof( unichar));
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;TODO: How about &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;printf&lt;/code&gt; with &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;%S&lt;/code&gt; ?&lt;/p&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[Porting: NSZone]]></title>
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<id>https://www.mulle-kybernetik.com/nszone.html</id>
<published>2024-06-09T00:00:00+02:00</published>
<updated>2024-06-09T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nat!</name>
<uri>https://www.mulle-kybernetik.com</uri>
</author>
<content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Zones are dead. Do not use the &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;withZone:&lt;/code&gt; methods anymore.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;mulle-objc will work well enough if you use them, but they are just superflous.
Incidentally I don’t think Apple Objective-C uses zones either anymore.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&quot;compiler-transforms--zone-calls&quot;&gt;Compiler transforms -zone calls&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With that being said, the &lt;strong&gt;mulle-clang&lt;/strong&gt; compiler will transform any
call to &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;-zone&lt;/code&gt; into &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;NULL&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[Porting: Variable Arguments in Methods]]></title>
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<published>2024-06-04T00:00:00+02:00</published>
<updated>2024-06-04T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nat!</name>
<uri>https://www.mulle-kybernetik.com</uri>
</author>
<content type="html">&lt;h2 id=&quot;intro&quot;&gt;Intro&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Variable arguments in methods follow the Mulle MetaABI and are incompatible
with &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;va_list&lt;/code&gt;. C functions continue to use &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;va_list&lt;/code&gt; though. So mulle-objc
will support both formats.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&quot;a-typical-variable-argument-method&quot;&gt;A typical variable argument method&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h4 id=&quot;va_list&quot;&gt;va_list&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is the &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;+[NSString stringWithFormat:]&lt;/code&gt; method as presumably coded in the
Apple Foundation. Conventionally the &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;va_list&lt;/code&gt; parameter in Apple Foundation
methods is called “arguments:”:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;language-objc highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;instancetype&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nf&quot;&gt;stringWithFormat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;:(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;NSString&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;format&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;...&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;NSString&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;kt&quot;&gt;va_list&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;args&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;va_start&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;args&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;format&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;s&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;self&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nf&quot;&gt;stringWithFormat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;format&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;nl&quot;&gt;arguments:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;args&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;va_end&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;args&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h4 id=&quot;mulle_vararg_list&quot;&gt;mulle_vararg_list&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In mulle-objc the type is &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;mulle_vararg_list&lt;/code&gt;. And if it is used as a
parameter its called “mulleVarargList:” by convention. &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;va_list&lt;/code&gt; which is still
a possibility type due to C code (e.g. &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;NSLog&lt;/code&gt;), is called &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;varargList:&lt;/code&gt;
instead for discrimination.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is how &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;+[NSString stringWithFormat:]&lt;/code&gt; is actually coded in
MulleFoundation:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;language-objc highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;instancetype&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nf&quot;&gt;stringWithFormat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;:(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;NSString&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;format&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;...&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;NSString&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;mulle_vararg_list&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;args&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;mulle_vararg_start&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;args&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;format&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;s&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;self&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nf&quot;&gt;stringWithFormat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;format&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;nl&quot;&gt;mulleVarargList:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;args&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;mulle_vararg_end&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;args&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So that’s pretty similar.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4 id=&quot;mulle-objc-supports-both&quot;&gt;mulle-objc supports both&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It’s not an either or scenarion, as mulle-objc supports both:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;language-objc highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;instancetype&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nf&quot;&gt;stringWithFormat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;:(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;NSString&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;format&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;mulleVarargList&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;mulle_vararg_list&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;arguments&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;[[[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;self&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nf&quot;&gt;alloc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nf&quot;&gt;initWithFormat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;format&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;nl&quot;&gt;mulleVarargList:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;arguments&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nf&quot;&gt;autorelease&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;]);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;instancetype&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nf&quot;&gt;stringWithFormat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;:(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;NSString&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;format&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;varargList&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;kt&quot;&gt;va_list&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;args&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;[[[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;self&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nf&quot;&gt;alloc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nf&quot;&gt;initWithFormat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;format&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;nl&quot;&gt;varargList:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;args&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nf&quot;&gt;autorelease&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;]);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;accessing-variable-arguments&quot;&gt;Accessing variable arguments&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The actual access of variable arguments of &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;mulle_vararg_list&lt;/code&gt; is very
different though.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/MulleFoundation/objc-compat&quot;&gt;objc-compat&lt;/a&gt; for some
details on how to achieve this portably.&lt;/p&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[Porting: Synchronized is gone]]></title>
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<published>2024-05-30T00:00:00+02:00</published>
<updated>2024-05-30T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nat!</name>
<uri>https://www.mulle-kybernetik.com</uri>
</author>
<content type="html">&lt;div class=&quot;alert alert-info&quot; role=&quot;alert&quot;&gt;&lt;i class=&quot;fa fa-info-circle&quot;&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;b&gt;Note:&lt;/b&gt; See &lt;a href=&quot;https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/Multithreading/ThreadSafety/ThreadSafety.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/10000057i-CH8-SW16&quot;&gt;Threading Programming Guide&lt;/a&gt; for more information about &lt;tt&gt;@synchronized&lt;/tt&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;use-mulle-thread-for-least-hassle&quot;&gt;Use mulle-thread for least hassle.&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;//github.com/mulle-concurrent/mulle-thread&quot;&gt;mulle-thread&lt;/a&gt;
is available on all platforms, that run Objective-C.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Use &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;mulle_thread_mutex_t&lt;/code&gt; to transform&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;language-objc highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;-&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;kt&quot;&gt;void&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;myFunction&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;@synchronized&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;to&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;language-objc highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;static&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;mulle_thread_mutex_t&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;lock&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;kt&quot;&gt;void&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;load&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;mulle_thread_mutex_init&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;lock&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;kt&quot;&gt;void&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;unload&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;mulle_thread_mutex_done&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;lock&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;-&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;kt&quot;&gt;void&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;myFunction&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;mulle_thread_mutex_lock&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;lock&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;mulle_thread_mutex_unlock&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;lock&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;use-nslock-instead&quot;&gt;Use NSLock instead&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;language-objc highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;static&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;NSLock&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;lock&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;kt&quot;&gt;void&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;initialize&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;lock&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;lock&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;NSLock&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nf&quot;&gt;new&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;kt&quot;&gt;void&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;deinitialize&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;lock&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;lock&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nf&quot;&gt;release&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;lock&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nb&quot;&gt;nil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;-&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;kt&quot;&gt;void&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;myFunction&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;lock&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nf&quot;&gt;lock&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;lock&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nf&quot;&gt;unlock&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&quot;good-points&quot;&gt;Good points&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;code works in all runtimes without another dependency&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;+deinitialize&lt;/code&gt; will not be called by other runtimes, it’s a harmless addition&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&quot;bad-points&quot;&gt;Bad points&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A &lt;strong&gt;NSLock&lt;/strong&gt; is slower than a &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;mulle_thread_mutex_t&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The lock has not become a proper mulle-objc root object, so this code will leak in tests.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You could fix this with deleting &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;+deinitialize&lt;/code&gt; and rewriting &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;+initialize&lt;/code&gt; as:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;``` objc&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(void) initialize
{
if( ! lock)
{
lock = [NSLock new];
#ifdef &lt;strong&gt;MULLE_OBJC&lt;/strong&gt;
[lock _becomeRootObject];
[lock release;]
#endif
}
}&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;// + (void) deinitialize clashes with _becomeRootObject and must be removed&lt;/p&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[Porting: @synthesize is useless now]]></title>
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<published>2024-05-25T00:00:00+02:00</published>
<updated>2024-05-25T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nat!</name>
<uri>https://www.mulle-kybernetik.com</uri>
</author>
<content type="html">&lt;p&gt;If &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;@synthesize&lt;/code&gt; renames the instance variable, you will unfortunately have to
actually rename the instance variable to the name of the property prefixed
with an underscore, otherwise it won’t work. Do best is to just delete the
&lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;@synthesize&lt;/code&gt; and fix the errors.&lt;/p&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[Porting @property]]></title>
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<published>2024-05-20T00:00:00+02:00</published>
<updated>2024-05-20T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nat!</name>
<uri>https://www.mulle-kybernetik.com</uri>
</author>
<content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Porting properties in a fashion that works in ARC code and in mulle-objc is
tricky. It is best if you can restrict yourself to &lt;strong&gt;assign&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;copy&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;retain&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;property-deallocation&quot;&gt;Property deallocation&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;alert alert-info&quot; role=&quot;alert&quot;&gt;&lt;i class=&quot;fa fa-info-circle&quot;&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;b&gt;Note:&lt;/b&gt; This is a rare case, where mulle-objc is compatible with ARC, but incompatible with MMR.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In Apple ARC, properties are automatically cleared during &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;-dealloc&lt;/code&gt;. In Apple Manual Retain-Release Mode (MRR)
you have to do it yourself during &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;-dealloc&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In mulle-objc all properties that reference objects or pointers are cleared during &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;-finalize&lt;/code&gt; by
setting them to &lt;strong&gt;0&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;readonly&lt;/strong&gt; properties - they have no setter - are not cleared. But in mulle-objc &lt;em&gt;they are backed by an &lt;strong&gt;ivar&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;.
It is open to discussion if you want to release them in &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;-dealloc&lt;/code&gt; for compatibility or use &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;-finalize&lt;/code&gt; to break
possible retain cycles.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here is how to write &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;-dealloc&lt;/code&gt; for compatiblity with MMR (also see &lt;a href=&quot;arc.html&quot;&gt;ARC Porting tips&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;#if __has_feature(objc_arc) || defined( __MULLE_OBJC__)
# define PROPERTY_RELEASE( p)
#else
# define PROPERTY_RELEASE( p) [_p release]
#endif
#if __has_feature(objc_arc)
# define SUPER_DEALLOC()
#else
# define SUPER_DEALLOC( p) [super dealloc]
#endif
- (void) dealloc
{
PROPERTY_RELEASE( a)
PROPERTY_RELEASE( b)
PROPERTY_RELEASE( c)
SUPER_DEALLOC()
}
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;missing-attributes&quot;&gt;Missing Attributes&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&quot;atomic&quot;&gt;atomic&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Yup it’s gone. Use locking or the atomic operations provided by
&lt;a href=&quot;//github.com/mulle-concurrent/mulle-thread&quot;&gt;mulle-thread&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&quot;weak&quot;&gt;weak&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Use &lt;strong&gt;assign&lt;/strong&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;alert alert-info&quot; role=&quot;alert&quot;&gt;&lt;i class=&quot;fa fa-info-circle&quot;&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;b&gt;Note:&lt;/b&gt; Use C containers to manage weak references
instead. They won’t &lt;em&gt;magically&lt;/em&gt; cleanup though.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&quot;strong&quot;&gt;strong&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When declaring a property use &lt;strong&gt;copy&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;retain&lt;/strong&gt;. You usually
use &lt;strong&gt;copy&lt;/strong&gt; for &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;NSValue&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;NSDate&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;NSNumber&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;NSString&lt;/code&gt; arguments,
and &lt;strong&gt;retain&lt;/strong&gt; for everything else.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&quot;nullable&quot;&gt;nullable&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;One of the strong points of Objective-C is its gracious handling of
&lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;nil&lt;/code&gt; values, which simplifies coding a lot. Remember that messaging &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;nil&lt;/code&gt;
also produces &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;nil&lt;/code&gt;. With the introduction of &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;nonnull&lt;/code&gt; &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;nullable&lt;/code&gt; was
also introduced. It is superflous.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can easily get rid of &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;nullable&lt;/code&gt; compile errors with:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;#define nullable
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;alert alert-info&quot; role=&quot;alert&quot;&gt;&lt;i class=&quot;fa fa-info-circle&quot;&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;b&gt;Note:&lt;/b&gt; Tedious checks for &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;nil&lt;/code&gt; means you are optimizing
your code for the error case. Use &lt;strong&gt;nonnull&lt;/strong&gt; sparingly. If a &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;nil&lt;/code&gt; parameter
has no ill effect, don’t mark the code &lt;strong&gt;nonnull&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&quot;unsafe_unretained&quot;&gt;unsafe_unretained&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Use &lt;strong&gt;assign&lt;/strong&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&quot;class&quot;&gt;class&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Remove the property. Use &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;static&lt;/code&gt; variables in your &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;@implementation&lt;/code&gt;
then write and declare &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;+&lt;/code&gt; accessors for them.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;alert alert-info&quot; role=&quot;alert&quot;&gt;&lt;i class=&quot;fa fa-info-circle&quot;&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;b&gt;Note:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;class&lt;/code&gt; is likely to make a comeback in a future version.&lt;/div&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[Porting: Protocols are a kind of @selector]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.mulle-kybernetik.com/protocol.html" />
<id>https://www.mulle-kybernetik.com/protocol.html</id>
<published>2024-05-15T00:00:00+02:00</published>
<updated>2024-05-15T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nat!</name>
<uri>https://www.mulle-kybernetik.com</uri>
</author>
<content type="html">&lt;p&gt;This will be tricky, but it is a very rare occurence. In Objective-C you
can actually treat a &lt;strong&gt;@protocol&lt;/strong&gt; as an object and assign it to &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;id&lt;/code&gt;.
You can not in mulle-objc.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There are no good tips for this yet.&lt;/p&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[Porting: @package]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.mulle-kybernetik.com/package.html" />
<id>https://www.mulle-kybernetik.com/package.html</id>
<published>2024-05-10T00:00:00+02:00</published>
<updated>2024-05-10T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nat!</name>
<uri>https://www.mulle-kybernetik.com</uri>
</author>
<content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Replace with &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;@public&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[Porting: @import]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.mulle-kybernetik.com/modules.html" />
<id>https://www.mulle-kybernetik.com/modules.html</id>
<published>2024-05-05T00:00:00+02:00</published>
<updated>2024-05-05T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nat!</name>
<uri>https://www.mulle-kybernetik.com</uri>
</author>
<content type="html">&lt;p&gt;You will have to use &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;#import&lt;/code&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[Porting: generics]]></title>
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<id>https://www.mulle-kybernetik.com/generics.html</id>
<published>2024-05-02T00:00:00+02:00</published>
<updated>2024-05-02T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nat!</name>
<uri>https://www.mulle-kybernetik.com</uri>
</author>
<content type="html">&lt;h2 id=&quot;rewrite-by-removing-generics-typing&quot;&gt;Rewrite by removing generics typing&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If your parameter is specified as &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;NSArray&amp;lt;NSNumber *&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; reduce the type
to &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;NSArray *&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;validate-content-at-runtime&quot;&gt;Validate content at runtime&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The way to validate array content in Objective-C is at runtime, when you
are inserting a value:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;language-objc highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;NSParameterAssert&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;obj&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nf&quot;&gt;isKindOfClass&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;:[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;NSNumber&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nf&quot;&gt;class&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;]]);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;array&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nf&quot;&gt;addObject&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;obj&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;use-id-for-truely-generic-algorithms&quot;&gt;Use &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;id&lt;/code&gt; for truely generic algorithms&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you want true generic algorithms, consider replacing your type with &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;id&lt;/code&gt;.
You can also then specify the methods your algorithm requires using a
&lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;@protocol&lt;/code&gt; and then type your methods with &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;id &amp;lt;protocol&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;.
This keeps the algorithm the most resusable.&lt;/p&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[Porting: . syntax for properties]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.mulle-kybernetik.com/dotsyntax.html" />
<id>https://www.mulle-kybernetik.com/dotsyntax.html</id>
<published>2024-04-30T00:00:00+02:00</published>
<updated>2024-04-30T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nat!</name>
<uri>https://www.mulle-kybernetik.com</uri>
</author>
<content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Hopefully there will be a code-conversion tool in the future, but for now
translate dot syntax to Objective-C calls.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;e.g.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;language-objc highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;-&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;kt&quot;&gt;void&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;setup&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;self&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;propertyA&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mi&quot;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;self&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;propertyB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;numberC&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mi&quot;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;self&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;propertyB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;numberD&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mi&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;language-objc highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;-&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;kt&quot;&gt;void&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;setup&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;propertyB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;self&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nf&quot;&gt;setPropertyA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mi&quot;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;propertyB&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;self&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nf&quot;&gt;propertyB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;propertyB&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nf&quot;&gt;setNumberC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mi&quot;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;propertyB&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nf&quot;&gt;setNumberD&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mi&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is also better code.&lt;/p&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[Porting: ^blocks]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.mulle-kybernetik.com/block.html" />
<id>https://www.mulle-kybernetik.com/block.html</id>
<published>2024-04-25T00:00:00+02:00</published>
<updated>2024-04-25T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nat!</name>
<uri>https://www.mulle-kybernetik.com</uri>
</author>
<content type="html">&lt;h2 id=&quot;disable-blocks&quot;&gt;Disable blocks&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A good first step is to wrap all method declarations and definitions with&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;language-c highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cp&quot;&gt;#ifdef __has_extension(blocks)
#endif
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you are lucky, blocks are just a non-integral,value-added feature
in the ported library.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;rewrite&quot;&gt;Rewrite&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Generally at this point, you should check &lt;em&gt;how much&lt;/em&gt; blocks code there is.
If it is used only a few places, here are some ideas how to convert the code
for mulle-objc.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&quot;transform-to-nsinvocation&quot;&gt;Transform to NSInvocation&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Blocks that are stored for later execution, are basically a form of
&lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;NSInvocation&lt;/code&gt;. Transform your blocks code into a method and create an
&lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;NSInvocation&lt;/code&gt; for it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&quot;transform-to-c-function&quot;&gt;Transform to C function&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If the block is used immediately, perhaps to map it to an NSArray,
extract the code into a C function. Encapsulate the parameters into a C
struct.&lt;/p&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html"><![CDATA[Porting: ARC]]></title>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.mulle-kybernetik.com/arc.html" />
<id>https://www.mulle-kybernetik.com/arc.html</id>
<published>2024-04-20T00:00:00+02:00</published>
<updated>2024-04-20T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nat!</name>
<uri>https://www.mulle-kybernetik.com</uri>
</author>
<content type="html">&lt;p&gt;ARC as a technology is not available in &lt;strong&gt;mulle-objc&lt;/strong&gt; and never will be.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ideally though, code should remain functional in ARC but work flawlessly in
mulle-objc.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;use-convenience-constructors&quot;&gt;Use convenience constructors&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Outside of &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;-init&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;-dealloc&lt;/code&gt;, replace &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;[[obj alloc] init]&lt;/code&gt; calls with
convenience constructors like &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;+[NSArray array]&lt;/code&gt;, if available.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&quot;create-your-own-convenience-constructors&quot;&gt;Create your own convenience constructors&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If a convenience constructor is not available, it might be useful to
create your own with a category. Consider this if there is a lot of calls
for the same class/method combination.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is the code to replace a &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;[[Foo alloc] initWithRandomNumber]&lt;/code&gt; with
&lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;[Foo fooWithRandomNumber]&lt;/code&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;language-objc highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;@interface&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nc&quot;&gt;Foo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nl&quot;&gt;Convenience&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;instancetype&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;fooWithRandomNumber&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;@end&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;@implementation&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nc&quot;&gt;Foo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nl&quot;&gt;Convenience&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;instancetype&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;fooWithRandomNumber&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;obj&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;obj&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;Foo&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nf&quot;&gt;alloc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nf&quot;&gt;initWithRandomNumber&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;rand&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;()];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;cp&quot;&gt;#if ! __has_feature(objc_arc)
&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;obj&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;obj&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nf&quot;&gt;autorelease&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;];&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;cp&quot;&gt;#endif
&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;obj&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;@end&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&quot;wrap-allocinit-calls&quot;&gt;Wrap alloc/init calls&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You could also use this idea to wrap your &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;[[obj alloc] init]&lt;/code&gt; code&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;language-objc highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cp&quot;&gt;#if __has_feature(objc_arc)
# define AUTORELEASE( x) x
#else
# define AUTORELEASE( x) NSAutoreleaseObject( x)
#endif
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So you can simplify the above written &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;+fooWithRandomNumber&lt;/code&gt; like this:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;language-objc highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;instancetype&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;fooWithRandomNumber&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;return&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;AUTORELEASE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;Foo&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nf&quot;&gt;alloc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nf&quot;&gt;initWithRandomNumber&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;rand&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;()]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;));&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&quot;add-super-dealloc-to--dealloc&quot;&gt;Add &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;[super dealloc]&lt;/code&gt; to &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;-dealloc&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You could use this idea to modify your &lt;code class=&quot;language-plaintext highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;-dealloc&lt;/code&gt; code&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;language-objc highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cp&quot;&gt;#if __has_feature(objc_arc)
# define SUPER_DEALLOC()
#else
# define SUPER_DEALLOC() [super dealloc]