Re: Java vs. Objective-C for Cocoa

FROM : Marcel Weiher
DATE : Sun Apr 24 13:04:10 2005

On 24 Apr 2005, at 10:50, Ondra Cada wrote:

> Marcel,
>
> On 24.4.2005, at 10:41, Marcel Weiher wrote:
>

>> You seem to think that refactoring is somehow type-dependent

> ...

>> Refactoring has nothing to do with type.  If you rename the method
>> 'whatever', you just change all senders.

>
> The example the others pushed as the advantage over a regexp was
> "renaming a method aaa of class A, leaving a method aaa of class B
> intact". That has ***all*** to do with type.


The fact that some people have been exposed to refactoring in
statically typed environment means they will give examples from that
environment.  It does not mean that refactoring or refactoring tools
are tied to that sort of environment.

Once again, the simple fact that the Refactoring Browser originiated in
Smalltalk, which has no static type information at all (unlike
Objective-C), should be a STRONG hint to you that you are barking up
the wrong tree...


> Presumed we skip this, there is preciously little added value in
> smart refactoring as compared with a good regexp search&replace.
> Which Xcode has


Before making such broad pronouncements, I suggest you actually read
the relevant literature.  You might start here:

        http://st-www.cs.uiuc.edu/~droberts/tapos/TAPOS.htm

BTW, that also answers your question about bindings...

Cheers,

Marcel