Dynamic message typing problem

FROM : Julius Guzy
DATE : Thu May 15 03:19:13 2008

Hi,
It would be great if someone would kindly tell me what I'm doing wrong.

Something like the much simplified code below used to work under 
Tiger in 10.4 running on antique 400 MHz G4.
The idea is that the program passes the id of an 
anonTargetClassObject to a calling object which then sends a message 
to that anonTargetClassObject id.
What seems to be happening is that I am not getting the compiler to 
generate the correct type information for the float and unsigned char 
message parameter.
The code is implemented in Leopard running on a mac Pro.

In the build info I have
Instruction scheduling = PowerPC G5 - I've tried several of the 
options without success
Objective-C Garbage Collection = Required
Optimisation Level = Fastest, smallest

C language dialect = Compiler Default
Compile Sources as = Objective-C

Everything else is set to the default.

I'm sure I'm giving you more code than you need but here goes ....
=======================
//the .h and .m files of object to which the message is sent

#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
@interface AnonTargetClass : NSObject {
}
- (void) printSimple;
- (void) printString:(NSString *)pS;
- (void) printFloat:(float)pF;
- (void) printInt:(int)pI;
- (void) printUnsignedChar:(unsigned char)pC;
- (void) printUnsignedCharRef:(unsigned char *)pC;
@end

#import "AnonTargetClass.h"
@implementation AnonTargetClass
- (void) printSimple;
{
   NSLog(@"AnonTargetClass printSimple =Hi from AnonTarget");
}

- (void) printString:(NSString *)pS;
{
   NSLog(@"AnonTargetClass printString = %@",pS);
}

- (void) printFloat:(float)pF;
{
   NSLog(@"AnonTargetClass printFloat = %7.3f",pF);
}

- (void) printInt:(int)pI;
{
   NSLog(@"AnonTargetClass printInt = %6d",pI);
}

- (void) printUnsignedChar:(unsigned char)pC;
{
   NSLog(@"AnonTargetClass printUnsignedChar = %6d",pC);
}

- (void) printUnsignedCharRef:(unsigned char *)pC
{
   NSLog(@"AnonTargetClass printUnsignedCharRef = %6d",*pC);
}

@end


//the .h and .m files of calling object
#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
@interface CallingClass : NSObject {    
}
- (void) callPrintSimple:(id)pId;
- (void) callPrintConstString:(id)pId;
- (void) callPrint:(id)pId zString:(NSString *)pS;
- (void) callPrintConstFloat:(id)pId;
- (void) callPrint:(id)pId zFloat:(float)pF;
- (void) callPrintConstInt:(id)pId;
- (void) callPrint:(id)pId zInt:(int)pI;
- (void) callPrintConstUnsignedChar:(id)pId;
- (void) callPrint:(id)pId zUnsignedChar:(unsigned char)pI;
- (void) callPrintConstUnsignedCharRef:(id)pId;
- (void) callPrint:(id)pId zUnsignedCharRef:(unsigned char *)pI;

@end

#import "CallingClass.h"
@implementation CallingClass
- (void) callPrintSimple:(id)pId
{
   [pId printSimple];
}

- (void) callPrintConstString:(id)pId
{
   [pId printString:@"Hi from PrintConstString"];
}

- (void) callPrint:(id)pId zString:(NSString *)pS
{
   [pId printString:pS];
}

- (void) callPrintConstFloat:(id)pId
{
   [pId printFloat:12.34];
}

- (void) callPrint:(id)pId zFloat:(float)pF
{
   [pId printFloat:pF];
}

- (void) callPrintConstInt:(id)pId
{
   [pId printInt:5];
}

- (void) callPrint:(id)pId zInt:(int)pI
{
   [pId printInt:pI];
}

- (void) callPrintConstUnsignedChar:(id)pId;
{
   [pId printUnsignedChar:222];
}

- (void) callPrint:(id)pId zUnsignedChar:(unsigned char)pCh;
{
   [pId printUnsignedChar:pCh];
}

- (void) callPrintConstUnsignedCharRef:(id)pId;
{
   unsigned char * tvarUnsignedChar    = 123;
   [pId printUnsignedCharRef:&tvarUnsignedChar];
}

- (void) callPrint:(id)pId zUnsignedCharRef:(unsigned char *)pChRef;
{
   [pId printUnsignedCharRef:pChRef];
}

@end


// main.m
#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
#import "AnonTargetClass.h"
#import "CallingClass.h"

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
   AnonTargetClass    * anonObjToBeCalled    = [[AnonTargetClass alloc]init];
   CallingClass    * callingObj        = [[CallingClass alloc]init];
   
   float tvarFloat    = 6.54;
   int tvarInt    = 321;
   unsigned char tvarUnsignedChar= 255;
   NSLog(@"Check the methods of AnonTargetClass");
   [anonObjToBeCalled printSimple];
   [anonObjToBeCalled printString:@"String direct from main"];
   [anonObjToBeCalled printFloat:98.76];
   [anonObjToBeCalled printFloat:tvarFloat];
   [anonObjToBeCalled printInt:55];
   [anonObjToBeCalled printInt:tvarInt];
   [anonObjToBeCalled printUnsignedChar:tvarUnsignedChar];
   [anonObjToBeCalled printUnsignedCharRef:&tvarUnsignedChar];
   NSLog(@"End checking methods of AnonTargetClass");
   
   NSLog(@"calling the methods dynamically");
   [callingObj callPrintSimple:                (id)anonObjToBeCalled ];
   [callingObj callPrintConstString:            (id)anonObjToBeCalled];
   // just testing the lack of coersion
   [callingObj callPrint:                        anonObjToBeCalled zString:@"This string 
passed from main 1"];
   [callingObj callPrint:                        (id)anonObjToBeCalled zString:@"This 
string passed from main 2"];
   [callingObj callPrintConstFloat:            (id)anonObjToBeCalled];
   [callingObj callPrint:                        (id)anonObjToBeCalled zFloat:56.78];
   [callingObj callPrintConstInt:                (id)anonObjToBeCalled];
   [callingObj callPrint:                        (id)anonObjToBeCalled zInt:9];
   [callingObj callPrintConstUnsignedChar:        (id)anonObjToBeCalled];
   [callingObj callPrint:                        (id)anonObjToBeCalled zUnsignedChar:111];
   [callingObj callPrintConstUnsignedCharRef:    (id)anonObjToBeCalled];
   [callingObj callPrint:                        (id)anonObjToBeCalled 
zUnsignedCharRef:&tvarUnsignedChar];
   NSLog(@"End calling the methods dynamically");

    return 0;
}


// The output is as follows - I have removed the date/time info and 
marked the incorrect values with asterisks

[Session started at 2008-05-15 02:10:16 +0100.]
2008-05-15 02:10:16.665 testDynamicBinding[1311:10b] Check the 
methods of AnonTargetClass
2008-05-15 02:10:16.666 testDynamicBinding[1311:10b] AnonTargetClass 
printSimple =Hi from AnonTarget
2008-05-15 02:10:16.666 testDynamicBinding[1311:10b] AnonTargetClass 
printString = String direct from main
2008-05-15 02:10:16.667 testDynamicBinding[1311:10b] AnonTargetClass 
printFloat =  98.760
2008-05-15 02:10:16.667 testDynamicBinding[1311:10b] AnonTargetClass 
printFloat =  6.540
2008-05-15 02:10:16.667 testDynamicBinding[1311:10b] AnonTargetClass 
printInt =    55
2008-05-15 02:10:16.668 testDynamicBinding[1311:10b] AnonTargetClass 
printInt =    321
2008-05-15 02:10:16.668 testDynamicBinding[1311:10b] AnonTargetClass 
printUnsignedChar =    255
2008-05-15 02:10:16.668 testDynamicBinding[1311:10b] AnonTargetClass 
printUnsignedCharRef =    255
2008-05-15 02:10:16.669 testDynamicBinding[1311:10b] End checking 
methods of AnonTargetClass
2008-05-15 02:10:16.669 testDynamicBinding[1311:10b] calling the 
methods dynamically
2008-05-15 02:10:16.669 testDynamicBinding[1311:10b] AnonTargetClass 
printSimple =Hi from AnonTarget
2008-05-15 02:10:16.669 testDynamicBinding[1311:10b] AnonTargetClass 
printString = Hi from PrintConstString
2008-05-15 02:10:16.670 testDynamicBinding[1311:10b] AnonTargetClass 
printString = This string passed from main 1
2008-05-15 02:10:16.670 testDynamicBinding[1311:10b] AnonTargetClass 
printString = This string passed from main 2
2008-05-15 02:10:16.670 testDynamicBinding[1311:10b] AnonTargetClass 
printFloat = 584860314976236483507101602781593600.000 ******
2008-05-15 02:10:16.671 testDynamicBinding[1311:10b] AnonTargetClass 
printFloat =  0.000                                  ******
2008-05-15 02:10:16.671 testDynamicBinding[1311:10b] AnonTargetClass 
printInt =      5
2008-05-15 02:10:16.671 testDynamicBinding[1311:10b] AnonTargetClass 
printInt =      9
2008-05-15 02:10:16.671 testDynamicBinding[1311:10b] AnonTargetClass 
printUnsignedChar =    222
2008-05-15 02:10:16.672 testDynamicBinding[1311:10b] AnonTargetClass 
printUnsignedChar =    111
2008-05-15 02:10:16.672 testDynamicBinding[1311:10b] AnonTargetClass 
printUnsignedCharRef =    123
2008-05-15 02:10:16.672 testDynamicBinding[1311:10b] AnonTargetClass 
printUnsignedCharRef =    255
2008-05-15 02:10:16.673 testDynamicBinding[1311:10b] End calling the 
methods dynamically


Thanks
Julius

http://juliuspaintings.co.uk