Re: Two -getX()'s?

[Marcus G. Daniels]

>>>>> "D3" == donalson  <address@hidden> writes:

D3> I have an object "mussel"
D3> (the animals that grow in the intertidal zone) that has two
D3> procedures, - (double) getX() and - (double) getY that return the
D3> X and Y coordinates of the individual.  (I am implementing a
D3> continuous space model.)  The problem is that the compiler/linker
D3> seems to be getting then confused with -(int) getX() and - (int)
D3> getY() from gui.h.  Shouldn't it be able to differentiate between
D3> procedures from different objects? 

Unlike Java, in Objective C a method is characterized only by its name.
The number of arguments is recorded by colon placeholders in the name,
but there is no typing information.


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