Mr. Krishna: I, too am new to Objective-C, but in the two books I have been studying on the language, they both make the point that Objective-C plays nicely with both C and C++. Could you simply write a standard C++ class and instantiate it the same way one does with other C++ classes (i.e. by declaring it, or by using the new operator)?
R, John -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rama Krishna Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 1:22 PM To: cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com Subject: A simple Objective-C question I am new to Objective-C but I have done C++/C#/Java work. I have been doing some experiments to understand how the language works. I found that it is not necessary for an Objective-C class to derive from Object. I was able to create a class which did not derive from Object contrary to my assumption that all Objective-C classes implicitly derive from Object (such as in C# or Java). However, such a class has a problem. It cannot be allocated or initialized. Because it can never get the alloc message as the alloc message is declared in the Object class. My question ,therefore, is how can such classes be instantiated. Is there a library function for that? Surely, the standard alloc function must be using such a function. Or should I just derive all classes from Object. _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/john.darnell%40walswort h.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
