Re: Is GNUstep really cross platform? (was: FW: GNUstep on MS Windows (Oh boy...i've done it now!))

[Chris B. Vetter]

On Fri, 5 Dec 2003 10:00:14 +0100
Philip Mötteli <Philip.Moetteli@tele2.ch> wrote:
> Am 05.12.2003 um 01:01 schrieb Chris B. Vetter:
> > True, but you need to *know* about it, and be prepared to come up
> > with a fix. And that is, with respect to method _arguments_
> > counterproductive.
> > I can understand why you would have to work on internals (eg. Linux
> > doesn't have struct sockaddr_in's sin_len member, so you have to
> > #ifdef around it. Same is true for including headers) but NOT for
> > method names and arguments of Foundation and AppKit. Those should be
> > identical.
> Hey, I haven't implemented that. As long as I'm developing on MOSX, 
> would it make sense for me to do that?

I know. I was merely pointing out some traps.

The differences in NSSocketPort-address just popped right into mind,
because I've been using that class in a project for a couple of weeks.
I'm not sure, but I bet there are other, similar traps.

> Have you talked to the person in charge? Have you proposed him your 
> solution? Or did you find one together? What did he say?

Well, I guess it's common knowledge that NSPort (and subclasses) aren't
as operational as they should/could be, and that there's a couple of
things that are more urgent and pressing to get fixed. However, I've
been thinking about taking a closer look at NSPort once the current
project is finished and see what can be done.

-- 
Chris