Re: ObjectiveC accessors

[Marcel Weiher]

> I want to keep the language as simple as possible, on the other hand, 
> I think that frequently repeated patters should be simplified and 
> incorporated into the language to simplify readability and 
> maintainability of a source code. What I propose is to call "A device 
> that computes" a "computer" and to say "Google it" instead of "Search 
> it on a Google search engine" :-) In other words, introduce a single 
> word instead of more complex phrase into the language.
>
> What do you think?

I think Objective-C, being C, has this wonderful thing called the 
pre-processor, which lets you do this sort of thing without cluttering 
up the language itself.  In effect, it's a meta-programming facility.

AccessorMacros handle automatic generation of simple accessors.

        idAccessor( var , setVar )
        intAccessor( var, setVar )
        ...

Part of MPWFoundation, obtainable from my web-site.

Marcel

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