I've got a question regarding method signatures in C modules. I've noted that add_function_constant() and quick_add_function both take arguments that specify the method signature. However, the form of the specification is different for each. I'm wondering a) whether there's a significant difference in the way they work and b) what these signatures are used for in c language modules if the function code normally does the argument checking.
I'm just wondering how much effort I need to put into signatures for methods in my auto-generated objective-c wrapper classes.
Hopefully someone can enlighten me. :)
Bill
I assume you're talking about the type -- there is two typecheckings going on. The first one is at compile time, and that's when the type of the function (signature) is used. The second one is at runtime, in the C code (or equivalent). You need both.
The more work you put into the signature the easier it is to catch errors compile-time. But you don't *need* it, you /can/ use "(mixed...:mixed)".
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