Wow, I really need to look into this immediately.  NSClassSwapper does what
its name suggests.  It determines the custom class for a given object and
instantiates it.

It shouldn't create an object then destroy it immediately.


On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Luboš Doležel
<[email protected]<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', '[email protected]');>
> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've contacted the author and it seems it doesn't serve any purpose at
> all, as is.
>
> "Sounds like one of the character encoding popups. The actual contents
> of the menu are built dynamically at runtime."
>
> Which sounds logical, given that the item's description is "dummy" (and
> the replacement class is "TUEncodingPopUp".
>
> Either way, GNUstep should somehow support it. What I don't understand
> why isn't NSClassSwapper used only to determine the real class name. Why
> first create a different object only to destroy it moments later?
>
> I also couldn't find out why -initWithCoder: on the new object doesn't
> replace the child objects as well - which I'd guess would mitigate the
> problem too.
>
> Luboš
>
>
> On 06/24/2013 09:07 PM, Fred Kiefer wrote:
> > This backtraces finally helped me understand what goes on here a bit
> > better, at least I hope so.
> >
> > NSClassSwapper not only replaces a specific object, it also registers
> > itself as the delegate of the decoder to be able to replace the cells
> > used by that object. This happens here and the decoded cell gets
> > replaced by a newly created cell without transfering any of the
> > already set values.
> >
> > What I still don't understand is why the menu item uses its menu cell
> > as the target. This ould be another difference to the GNUstep
> > implementation. Could you please try to find out what the used action
> > is?
> >
> > At the moment I still don't have an idea how we could work around
> > this issue. We should try to find out more about it.
> >
> > Fred
> >
> > On the road
> >
> > Am 24.06.2013 um 11:49 schrieb Luboš Doležel 
> > <[email protected]<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', '[email protected]');>
> >:
> >
> >> Sorry for the spam, I have another backtraces providing a clear
> >> picture, alhough they seem to be slightly different from the ones
> >> before.
> >>
> >> You can see an object being set as a target, then deallocated and
> >> then used (with SIGSEGV).
> >>
> >> Luboš
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:21:18 +0200, Luboš Doležel wrote:
> >>> What I forgot to add:
> >>>
> >>> Until gnustep-gui supports resource directory names like
> >>> "en.lproj", you have to symlink English.lproj->en.lproj to make
> >>> it work (GNUstep bug #36764). This bug also prevents apps from
> >>> working when mounted directly from a .dmg file via my FUSE
> >>> module, since the mounts are read-only.
> >>>
> >>> Lubos
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 09:52:51 +0200, Luboš Doležel wrote:
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>> great! Feel free to contact me via Jabber (same as mail
> >>>> address), should you run into any issues.
> >>>>
> >>>> Attached is the backtrace leading up to NSClassSwapper, as
> >>>> Germán requested.
> >>>>
> >>>> Lubos
> >>>
> >> <darling-unarchiver2.txt>
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