On Aug 17, 2013, at 18:03 , Maxthon Chan <xcvi...@me.com> wrote: > On Aug 17, 2013, at 23:52, Marcel Weiher <marcel.wei...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Aug 16, 2013, at 19:04 , Kyle Sluder <k...@ksluder.com> wrote: >> >>> Stop using NSRect in your method prototypes and just use CGRect. >> >> This is certainly pragmatic, effective advice. >> >> <PetPeeve> >> >> However…if you care as much about dependency management as I do (and chances >> are you don’t), and don’t have a direct dependency on CoreGraphics in that >> code (and chances are you do), then this is slightly stomach-churning, in >> addition to pragmatic and effective. >> >> Pulling in a dependency on CoreGraphics just to get those types is awful, in >> addition it makes it harder to make code that works on both Mac OS X and >> iOS. After going back and forth on this for quite some time, I decided to >> standardize on the Foundation types and have a tiny compatibility layer, >> which you can find on github: >> https://github.com/mpw/MPWFoundation/blob/master/Classes/PhoneGeometry.h
> I actually got one step (sorry for the pun) ahead as limited to what Cocoa’s > Foundation and GNUstep’s Base have in common. That allows me to create > code-compatible programs that builds and runs under both OS X (or iOS) and > Linux. (In my company everything starts off in Objective-C and now with this > limitation the porting cost is dropping drastically.) > > Example: CGIKit: https://github.com/xcvista/CGIKit (a FastCGI library for > Objective-C, CGIKit.xcodeproj will build on OS X with embedded libfcgi and > GNUmakefile will build on Linux with GNUstep with external libfcgi.) Very cool, and I am definitely with you, though I have to admit I haven’t really kept in sync with GNUStep ( https://github.com/mpw/MPWFoundation/blob/master/GNUmakefile is a bit out of date), working more with Cocotron to get Linux compatibility. Cheers, Marcel _______________________________________________ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
