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

[Philip Mötteli]

Am 04.12.2003 um 23:43 schrieb Chris B. Vetter:

> On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 23:27:47 +0100
> Philip Mötteli <Philip.Moetteli@tele2.ch> wrote:
> > Am 04.12.2003 um 23:06 schrieb Chris B. Vetter:
> > > On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 22:55:14 +0100
> > > Philip Mötteli <Philip.Moetteli@tele2.ch> wrote:
> > I know, that Apple changed some little things. But so far, this hasn't
> > been a problem. For that, we have some categories to remain
> > compatible. Hopefully this doesn't become worse...
>
> I'm not so sure Apple introduced those changes.

We have to look at the official OpenStep definition. This is the point 
of reference.


> Take NSSocketPort as an
> example:
>
> Apple's implementation uses
>
>   - (NSData *) address
>
> while GNUstep uses
>
>   - (NSString *) address
>
> These are not just slightly different, as the NSData is a wrapper 
> around
> the receiver's socket address structure, while the NSString is the
> actual address in dotted notation...

This is nasty, but a problem, that could be solved.
I never said, that everything is just compilable 1:1 on all platforms. 
There are some minor issues, but the more MOSX people GS are using, the 
quicker these will be resolved.


Re
Phil