I remember Esteban had some similar problem when working on the ObjCBridge... Esteban? :D
On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Max Leske <maxle...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a wish for NativeBoost (which is probably on your list anyway Igor, > just wanted to put it out there): function definitions should be able to > understand that I want to accept any object of a hierarchy. > > Here's my use case: > > self call: #(git_return_t git_object_lookup(LGitCommitExternal * > object, git_repository_ptr repo, git_oid_ptr id, git_otype type)) > > This function takes a pointer to any of LGitCommitExternal, > LGitTreeExternal and LGitBlobExternal. The obvious way for me to do this > was to create a superclass LGitObjectExternal and use that superclass in > the function like so: > > self call: #(git_return_t git_object_lookup(LGitObjectExternal * > object, git_repository_ptr repo, git_oid_ptr id, git_otype type)) > > But that gives me an error. So for now I can either use a dummy object > (like NBExternalObject) and then convert from that or I have to implement > the same function thrice in the different object flavors. > Being able to use a superclass would just be awesome! > > Cheers, > Max >
