Re: [Fire-commits] fire NSAttributedString+AIMLanguage.m,1.41,1.42

I was curious about this change:
On Dec 4, 2003, at 02:28, [email protected] wrote:
> Update of /cvsroot/fire/fire
> In directory sc8-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv8890
>
> Modified Files:
> 	NSAttributedString+AIMLanguage.m
> Log Message:
> corrected compile error on some platforms (gcc 3.3 or 2.95)
[...]
> ***************
> *** 114,124 ****
>       NSMutableDictionary *datas = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
>       NSMutableArray *images = [NSMutableArray array];
> !     NSFont *defaultFont;
> !     float defaultPointSize;
> !
> !     defaultFont = (isOutbound)?[[NSApp delegate] 
> outgoingMessageFont]:[[NSApp delegate] incomingMessageFont];
> !
> !     defaultPointSize = [defaultFont pointSize];
> !     // First, build up an NSArray of tags and strings to display.
>       NSScanner *scan = [NSScanner scannerWithString: aimml];
>
> --- 114,120 ----
>       NSMutableDictionary *datas = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
>       NSMutableArray *images = [NSMutableArray array];
> !     NSFont *defaultFont = (isOutbound)?[[NSApp delegate] 
> outgoingMessageFont]:[[NSApp delegate] incomingMessageFont];
> !     float defaultPointSize = [defaultFont pointSize];
> !         // First, build up an NSArray of tags and strings to display.
>       NSScanner *scan = [NSScanner scannerWithString: aimml];
>


How does initializing variables when you declare them correct a 
compiler error? Which platform was this for?

Just curious; I want to avoid compiler errors on various platforms. :-)

Reid



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