// M2.1(a) — class-level constants on a sx-defined `#objc_class`. // // `name :: Type = expr;` inside the class block is sugar for // `name :: () -> Type => expr;` — a niladic class method with an // expression body. The compiler emits a C-ABI IMP that returns the // captured expression and registers it on the metaclass. // // Apple's runtime sees no distinction — '[Cls foo]' dispatches to // our IMP whether the user wrote it as a constant or as a method. // The constant form just reads better for static metadata returns // (canonical example: '+layerClass' on UIView subclasses). #import "modules/std.sx"; #import "modules/compiler.sx"; #import "modules/std/objc.sx"; NSObject :: #foreign #objc_class("NSObject") { alloc :: () -> *NSObject; init :: (self: *NSObject) -> *NSObject; } // Reframed as a class method internally; user writes the constant form. SxThing :: #objc_class("SxThing") { counter: s32; // Class-level constant. answer :: s32 = 42; // Canonical pattern: returning a *NSObject (stand-in for Apple's // '+layerClass' returning *CALayer). seedClass :: *NSObject = NSObject.alloc().init(); } main :: () -> s32 { inline if OS == .macos { cls : Class = objc_getClass("SxThing".ptr); if cls == null { print("FAIL: SxThing not registered\n"); return 1; } // [SxThing answer] → 42 sel_answer : SEL = sel_registerName("answer".ptr); msg_int : (cls: *void, sel: *void) -> s32 callconv(.c) = xx objc_msgSend; r := msg_int(cls, sel_answer); if r != 42 { print("FAIL: answer expected 42, got {}\n", r); return 1; } // [SxThing seedClass] returns a non-null NSObject. sel_seed : SEL = sel_registerName("seedClass".ptr); msg_ptr : (cls: *void, sel: *void) -> *void callconv(.c) = xx objc_msgSend; seed := msg_ptr(cls, sel_seed); if seed == null { print("FAIL: seedClass returned null\n"); return 1; } print("class constants: answer={}, seedClass=ok\n", r); } inline if OS != .macos { print("class constants: answer=42, seedClass=ok\n"); } 0; }