Re: Looking for runtime functions

On 2005-06-09 20:26:53 +0100 Sherm Pendley <[email protected]> wrote:

> I've written some code that uses these functions from the Apple runtime:
> 
>     /* get/set iVar values */
>     object_getInstanceVariable
>     object_setInstanceVariable
> 
>     /* fetch the objc_ivar struct for a named ivar */
>     class_getInstanceVariable
> 
> I can't seem to find the equivalents in the GNU runtime. The information
> is all there, in the various structs, there's just no ready-made function
> to retrieve it.
> 
> Do these or similar functions exist already somewhere I've missed, or do
> I need to write them?

In  GNUstep base  ... see base/Headers/Additions/GNUstepBase/GSObjCRuntime.h 
(or in the installed headers at  
/usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Headers/GNUstepBase/GSObjCRuntime.h) for runtime 
independent mechanisms to use most runtime features.