My previous post from yesterday showed the new block/closure feature of the C language. I think I may have made the block syntax more complex looking than it needed to be by including the full interface/object code along with it. So today I'll strip off some of that unneeded code and do a comparison of just the basic syntax of C/ObjC's new block with that of C#'s anonymous method.
(block 1)
- ObjC
typedef void(^Block)(char*);
- C#
delegate void Block(string msg);
typedef void(^Block)(char*);
- C#
delegate void Block(string msg);
(block 2)
- ObjC
- (void) test: (Block)block {
block("msg");
}
- C#
protected void Test(Block block) {
block("msg");
}
- (void) test: (Block)block {
block("msg");
}
- C#
protected void Test(Block block) {
block("msg");
}
(block 3)
- ObjC
int main( int argc, const char *argc[] ) {
MyClass *mc = [[MyClass alloc] init];
[mc test: ^(char *msg) { printf("%s"), msg } ];
}
- C#
static void main( string[] args ) {
MyClass mc = new MyClass();
mc.Test((string msg) => { Console.WriteLine(msg); } );
}
int main( int argc, const char *argc[] ) {
MyClass *mc = [[MyClass alloc] init];
[mc test: ^(char *msg) { printf("%s"), msg } ];
}
- C#
static void main( string[] args ) {
MyClass mc = new MyClass();
mc.Test((string msg) => { Console.WriteLine(msg); } );
}
Blocks 1 and 2 only have minor differences between the languages.
Block 3 has the most difference between the languages due to the SmallTalk like message passing syntax of ObjC
[obj msg] vs that of c#'s obj.msg
Like blocks 1 and 2, block 3 shows only minor differences between the block syntax in either language.
^() { }
vs
() => { }
