# Changelog
Notable changes to this crate will be documented in this file.
The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
## Unreleased - YYYY-MM-DD
## 0.3.0-beta.0 - 2022-06-13
### Added
* Added deprecated `Object::get_ivar` and `Object::get_mut_ivar` to make
upgrading easier.
* Allow using `From`/`TryFrom` to convert between `rc::Id` and `rc::WeakId`.
* Added `Bool::as_bool` (more descriptive name than `Bool::is_true`).
* Added convenience method `Id::as_ptr` and `Id::as_mut_ptr`.
* The `objc2-encode` dependency is now exposed as `objc2::encode`.
* Added `Id::retain_autoreleased` to allow following Cocoas memory management
rules more efficiently.
* Consistently allow trailing commas in `msg_send!`.
* Added `msg_send_bool!`, a less error-prone version of `msg_send!` for
Objective-C methods that return `BOOL`.
* Implemented `MethodImplementation` for `unsafe` function pointers.
### Changed
* **BREAKING**: Changed signature of `Id::new` and `Id::retain` from
`fn(NonNull<T>) -> Id<T>` to `fn(*mut T) -> Option<Id<T>>`.
Concretely, you will have to change your code as follows.
```rust
let obj: *mut Object = unsafe { msg_send![class!(NSObject), new] };
let obj = NonNull::new(obj).expect("Failed to allocate object.");
let obj = unsafe { Id::new(obj) };
let obj: *mut Object = unsafe { msg_send![class!(NSObject), new] };
let obj = unsafe { Id::new(obj) }.expect("Failed to allocate object.");
```
* Allow specifying any receiver `T: Message` for methods added with
`ClassBuilder::add_method`.
* Renamed `ClassDecl` and `ProtocolDecl` to `ClassBuilder` and
`ProtocolBuilder`. The old names are kept as deprecated aliases.
* **BREAKING**: Changed how `msg_send!` works wrt. capturing its arguments.
This will require changes to your code wherever you used `Id`, for example:
```rust
let obj: Id<Object, Owned> = ...;
let p: i32 = unsafe { msg_send![obj, parameter] };
let _: () = unsafe { msg_send![obj, setParameter: p + 1] };
let mut obj: Id<Object, Owned> = ...;
let p: i32 = unsafe { msg_send![&obj, parameter] };
let _: () = unsafe { msg_send![&mut obj, setParameter: p + 1] };
```
Notice that we now clearly pass `obj` by reference, and therein also
communicate the mutability of the object (in the first case, immutable, and
in the second, mutable).
If you previously used `*mut Object` or `&Object` as the receiver, message
sending should work exactly as before.
* **BREAKING**: `Class` no longer implements `Message` (but it can still be
used as the receiver in `msg_send!`, so this is unlikely to break anything
in practice).
* **BREAKING**: Sealed the `MethodImplementation` trait, and made it's `imp`
method privat.
* **BREAKING**: Updated `ffi` module to `objc-sys v0.2.0-beta.0`.
* **BREAKING**: Updated `objc2-encode` (`Encoding`, `Encode`, `RefEncode` and
`EncodeArguments`) to `v2.0.0-pre.0`.
### Fixed
* Properly sealed the `MessageArguments` trait (it already had a hidden
method, so this is not really a breaking change).
### Removed
* **BREAKING**: `ManuallyDrop` no longer implements `Message` directly.
* **BREAKING**: `MessageReceiver::as_raw_receiver` is no longer public.
## 0.3.0-alpha.6 - 2022-01-03
### Added
* Implement `Hash` for `Sel`, `Ivar`, `Class`, `Method` and `MessageError`.
* Implement `PartialEq` and `Eq` for `Ivar`, `Method` and `MessageError`.
* Implement `fmt::Pointer` for `Sel` and `rc::AutoreleasePool`.
* Implement `fmt::Debug` for `ClassDecl`, `ProtocolDecl` and `rc::AutoreleasePool`.
### Changed
* **BREAKING**: Renamed:
- `Object::get_ivar` -> `Object::ivar`
- `Object::get_mut_ivar` -> `Object::ivar_mut`
* Vastly improved documentation.
* **BREAKING**: Updated `ffi` module to `objc-sys v0.2.0-alpha.1`.
* **BREAKING**: Updated `objc2-encode` (`Encoding`, `Encode`, `RefEncode` and
`EncodeArguments`) to `v2.0.0-beta.2`.
## 0.3.0-alpha.5 - 2021-12-22
### Added
* Export `objc-sys` as `ffi` module.
* Added common trait impls on `rc::Owned` and `rc::Shared` (useful in generic
contexts).
* Implement `RefEncode` for `runtime::Protocol`.
* Added `Message` and `MessageReceiver` implementation for `ManuallyDrop<T>`
(where `T` is appropriately bound). This allows patterns like:
```rust
let obj = Id::new(msg_send![class!(MyObject), alloc]);
let obj = ManuallyDrop::new(obj);
let obj = Id::new(msg_send![obj, init]);
```
* New cargo feature `"malloc"`, which allows cutting down on dependencies,
most crates don't need the introspection features that this provides.
### Changed
* Deprecated `runtime::BOOL`, `runtime::YES` and `runtime::NO`. Use the
newtype `Bool` instead, or low-level `ffi::BOOL`, `ffi::YES` and `ffi::NO`.
* **BREAKING**: The following methods now require the new `"malloc"` feature
flag to be enabled:
- `MessageReceiver::verify_message` (temporarily)
- `Method::return_type`
- `Method::argument_type`
- `Class::classes`
- `Class::instance_methods`
- `Class::adopted_protocols`
- `Class::instance_variables`
- `Protocol::protocols`
- `Protocol::adopted_protocols`
* Relaxed `Sized` bound on `rc::Id` and `rc::WeakId` to prepare for
`extern type` support.
* **BREAKING**: Relaxed `Sized` bound on `rc::SliceId` and `rc::DefaultId`.
* **BREAKING**: Updated `objc-sys` to `v0.2.0-alpha.0`.
* Updated `objc2-encode` (`Encoding`, `Encode`, `RefEncode` and
`EncodeArguments`) to `v2.0.0-beta.1`.
### Removed
* **BREAKING**: Removed the raw FFI functions from the `runtime` module. These
are available in the new `ffi` module instead.
### Fixed
* An issue with inlining various `rc` methods.
* Most types (e.g. `Class` and `Method`) are now `Send`, `Sync`, `UnwindSafe`
and `RefUnwindSafe` again.
Notable exception is `Object`, because that depends on the specific
subclass.
## 0.3.0-alpha.4 - 2021-11-22
Note: To use this version, specify `objc2-encode = "=2.0.0-beta.0"` in your
`Cargo.toml` as well.
### Added
* **BREAKING**: GNUStep users must depend on, and specify the appropriate
feature flag on `objc-sys` for the version they're using.
* Moved `objc_exception` crate into `exception` module (under feature flag).
* Added support for `_Complex` types.
* Added `rc::SliceId`, `rc::SliceIdMut` and `rc::DefaultId` helper traits for
extra functionality on `rc::Id`.
### Changed
* **BREAKING**: The `exception` feature now just enables the `exception`
module for general use. Use the new `catch_all` feature to wrap all message
sends in a `@try/@catch`.
* **BREAKING**: Updated `objc-sys` to `v0.1.0`.
* **BREAKING**: Updated `objc2-encode` (`Encoding`, `Encode`, `RefEncode` and
`EncodeArguments`) to `v2.0.0-beta.0`.
## 0.3.0-alpha.3 - 2021-09-05
Note: To use this version, specify `objc2-encode = "=2.0.0-alpha.1"` in your
`Cargo.toml` as well.
### Added
* Now uses the `objc-sys` (`v0.0.1`) crate for possibly better
interoperability with other crates that link to `libobjc`.
* Added newtype `runtime::Bool` to fix soundness issues with using
`runtime::BOOL` or `bool`.
* Moved `objc_id` crate into `rc` module. Notable changes:
- Vastly improved documentation
- Added `Id::autorelease`
- Added `Id::from_shared`
- Added a lot of forwarding implementations on `Id` for easier use
- `Id` and `WeakId` are now able to use the null-pointer optimization
- **BREAKING**: Added `T: Message` bounds on `Id`
- **BREAKING**: Remove `ShareId` type alias
- **BREAKING**: `Id` no longer have a default `Ownership`, you must specify
it everywhere as either `Id<T, Shared>` or `Id<T, Owned>`
- **BREAKING**: Sealed the `Ownership` trait
- **BREAKING**: Renamed `Id::from_ptr` to `Id::retain`
- **BREAKING**: Renamed `Id::from_retained_ptr` to `Id::new`
- **BREAKING**: Changed `Id::share` to a `From` implementation (usage of
`obj.share()` can be changed to `obj.into()`)
- **BREAKING**: Fixed soundness issues with missing `Send` and `Sync` bounds
on `Id` and `WeakId`
* Added sealed (for now) trait `MessageReceiver` to specify types that can
be used as the receiver of a message (instead of only allowing pointer
types).
* Add `MessageReceiver::send_super_message` method for dynamic selectors.
### Changed
* **BREAKING**: Change types of parameters to FFI functions exported in the
`runtime` module.
* **BREAKING**: Most types are now `!UnwindSafe`, to discourage trying to use
them after an unwind. This restriction may be lifted in the future.
* **BREAKING**: Most types are now `!Send` and `!Sync`. This was an oversight
that is fixed in a later version.
* A lot of smaller things.
* **BREAKING**: Dynamic message sending with `Message::send_message` is moved
to `MessageReceiver`.
* **BREAKING** Make `MessageArguments` a subtrait of `EncodeArguments`.
* Allow an optional comma after each argument to `msg_send!`.
### Removed
* **BREAKING**: Removed `rc::StrongPtr`. Use `Option<rc::Id<Object, Shared>>`
instead (beware: This has stronger safety invariants!).
* **BREAKING**: Removed `rc::WeakPtr`. Use `rc::WeakId<Object>` instead.
### Fixed
* **BREAKING**: Stop unsafely dereferencing `msg_send!`s first argument. The
`MessageReceiver` trait was introduced to avoid most breakage from this
change.
## 0.3.0-alpha.2 - 2021-09-05
### Added
* Added `rc::AutoreleasePool` and `rc::AutoreleaseSafe` to make accessing
autoreleased objects safe, by binding references to it using the
`ptr_as_ref` and `ptr_as_mut` methods.
### Changed
* **BREAKING**: The closure in `rc::autoreleasepool` now takes an argument
`&rc::AutoreleasePool`. This reference can be given to functions like
`INSString::as_str` so that it knows which lifetime to bound the returned
`&str` with.
Simple migration:
```rust
autoreleasepool(|| {
});
autoreleasepool(|_pool| {
});
```
### Fixed
* The encoding of `BOOL` on `GNUStep`.
## 0.3.0-alpha.1 - 2021-09-02
### Added
* More documentation of safety requirements, and in general.
### Changed
* **BREAKING**: Change `objc-encode` dependency to `objc2-encode` version
`2.0.0-alpha.1`, and re-export the new `RefEncode` trait from that.
* **BREAKING**: Require that the receiver, arguments and return types of
messages always implement `Encode`. This helps ensuring that only types made
to go across the FFI boundary (`repr(C)`, ...) may. These requirements were
already present when the `verify_message` feature was enabled.
This is a very _disruptive change_, since libraries are now required to
implement `Encode` and `RefEncode` for all types intended to go across the
FFI-boundary to Objective-C. The change is justified because it helps
ensuring that users only pass valid types to `msg_send!` (for example, this
prevents users from accidentally passing `Drop` types to `msg_send`).
See the following examples for how to implement these traits, and otherwise
refer to the documentation of `objc2-encode` (`v2.0.0-alpha.1` or above).
```rust
use objc2::{Encode, Encoding, RefEncode};
#[repr(C)]
pub struct NSRange {
pub location: usize,
pub length: usize,
}
unsafe impl Encode for NSRange {
const ENCODING: Encoding<'static> = Encoding::Struct(
"_NSRange", &[usize::ENCODING, usize::ENCODING]
);
}
unsafe impl RefEncode for NSRange {
const ENCODING_REF: Encoding<'static> = Encoding::Pointer(&Self::ENCODING);
}
#[repr(C)]
pub struct __CFString(c_void);
pub type CFStringRef = *const __CFString;
unsafe impl RefEncode for __CFString {
const ENCODING_REF: Encoding<'static> = Encoding::Object;
}
```
* Temporarily disabled iOS tests.
### Fixed
* Statically find the correct `objc_msgSend[_X]` function to use based on the
`Encode` implementation of the return type. This fixes using functions that
return e.g. `type CGFloat = f32 / f64;`.
* Documentation links.
## 0.3.0-alpha.0 - 2021-08-29
Note: This is the version that is, as of this writing, available on the
`master` branch in the original `objc` project.
### Added
* Improve macro hygiene.
```rust
use objc2::{sel, class, msg_send};
#[macro_use]
extern crate objc2;
```
* Update to Rust 2018.
* Other internal improvements.
### Changed
* **BREAKING**: Forked the project, so the crate name is now `objc2`.
* **BREAKING**: Updated encoding utilities to use `objc-encode`. See that for
how to use the updated type `Encoding` and trait `Encode`.
In short, you will likely need to change your implementations of `Encode`
like this:
```rust
use objc2::{Encode, Encoding};
pub type CGFloat = ...;
#[repr(C)]
pub struct NSPoint {
pub x: CGFloat,
pub y: CGFloat,
}
unsafe impl Encode for NSPoint {
fn encode() -> Encoding {
let encoding = format!(
"{{CGPoint={}{}}}",
CGFloat::encode().as_str(),
CGFloat::encode().as_str(),
);
unsafe { Encoding::from_str(&encoding) }
}
}
unsafe impl Encode for NSPoint {
const ENCODING: Encoding<'static> = Encoding::Struct(
"CGPoint",
&[CGFloat::ENCODING, CGFloat::ENCODING]
);
}
```
* **BREAKING**: Updated public dependency `malloc_buf` to `1.0`.
* **BREAKING**: `Method::return_type` and `Method::argument_type` now return
`Malloc<str>` instead of `Encoding`.
* **BREAKING**: `Ivar::type_encoding` now return `&str` instead of `Encoding`.
### Removed
* **BREAKING**: Removed hidden `sel_impl!` macro.
## [0.2.7] (`objc` crate) - 2019-10-19
### Fixed
* **BREAKING**: Uses of `msg_send!` will now correctly fail to compile if no
return type can be inferred, instead of relying on an edge case of the
compiler that will soon change and silently cause undefined behavior.
## [0.2.6] (`objc` crate) - 2019-03-25
### Fixed
* Suppressed a deprecation warning in `sel!`, `msg_send!`, and `class!`.
## [0.2.5] (`objc` crate) - 2018-07-24
### Added
* **BREAKING**: `autoreleasepool` returns the value returned by its body
closure.
## [0.2.4] (`objc` crate) - 2018-07-22
### Added
* Added an `rc` module with reference counting utilities:
`StrongPtr`, `WeakPtr`, and `autoreleasepool`.
* Added some reference counting ABI foreign functions to the `runtime` module.
### Fixed
* Messaging nil under GNUstep now correctly returns zeroed results for all
return types.
## [0.2.3] (`objc` crate) - 2018-07-07
### Added
* Added a `class!` macro for getting statically-known classes. The result is
non-optional (avoiding a need to unwrap) and cached so each usage will only
look up the class once.
* Added caching to the `sel!` macro so that each usage will only register the
selector once.
### Fixed
* Implementation of `objc2::runtime` structs so there can't be unsound
references to uninhabited types.
## [0.2.2] (`objc` crate) - 2016-10-30
### Added
* Implemented `Sync` and `Send` for `Sel`.
## [0.2.1] (`objc` crate) - 2016-04-23
### Added
* Added support for working with protocols with the `Protocol` struct.
The protocols a class conforms to can be examined with the new
`Class::adopted_protocols` and `Class::conforms_to` methods.
* Protocols can be declared using the new `ProtocolDecl` struct.
## [0.2.0] (`objc` crate) - 2016-03-20
### Added
* Added verification for the types used when sending messages.
This can be enabled for all messages with the `"verify_message"` feature,
or you can test before sending specific messages with the
`Message::verify_message` method. Verification errors are reported using the
new `MessageError` struct.
* Added support for the GNUstep runtime!
Operating systems besides OSX and iOS will fall back to the GNUstep runtime.
* Root classes can be declared by using the `ClassDecl::root` constructor.
### Changed
* **BREAKING**: C types are now used from `std::os::raw` rather than `libc`.
This means `Encode` may not be implemented for `libc` types; switch them to
the `std::os::raw` equivalents instead. This avoids an issue that would
arise from simultaneously using different versions of the libc crate.
* **BREAKING**: Dynamic messaging was moved into the `Message` trait; instead
of `().send(obj, sel!(description))`, use
`obj.send_message(sel!(description), ())`.
* **BREAKING**: Rearranged the parameters to `ClassDecl::new` for consistency;
instead of `ClassDecl::new(superclass, "MyObject")`, use
`ClassDecl::new("MyObject", superclass)`.
* **BREAKING**: Overhauled the `MethodImplementation` trait. Encodings are now
accessed through the `MethodImplementation::Args` associated type. The
`imp_for` method was replaced with `imp` and no longer takes a selector or
returns an `UnequalArgsError`, although `ClassDecl::add_method` still
validates the number of arguments.
* **BREAKING**: Updated the definition of `Imp` to not use the old dispatch
prototypes. To invoke an `Imp`, it must first be transmuted to the correct
type.
### Removed
**BREAKING**: `objc_msgSend` functions from the `runtime` module; the
availability of these functions varies and they shouldn't be called without
trasmuting, so they are now hidden as an implementation detail of messaging.
### Fixed
* Corrected alignment of ivars in `ClassDecl`; declared classes may now have a
smaller size.
* With the `"exception"` or `"verify_message"` feature enabled, panics from
`msg_send!` will now be triggered from the line and file where the macro is
used, rather than from within the implementation of messaging.
## [0.1.8] (`objc` crate) - 2015-11-06
### Changed
* Updated `libc` dependency.
## [0.1.7] (`objc` crate) - 2015-09-23
### Fixed
* `improper_ctypes` warning.
## [0.1.6] (`objc` crate) - 2015-08-08
### Added
* Added `"exception"` feature which catches Objective-C exceptions and turns
them into Rust panics.
* Added support for `ARM`, `ARM64` and `x86` architectures.
* **BREAKING**: Added `Any` bound on message return types. In practice this
probably won't break anything.
* Start testing on iOS.
## [0.1.5] (`objc` crate) - 2015-05-02
### Changed
* **BREAKING**: Renamed `IntoMethodImp` to `MethodImplementation`.
* **BREAKING**: Renamed `MethodImplementation::into_imp` to `::imp_for`.
* **BREAKING**: Relaxed `Sized` bounds on `Encode` and `Message`. In practice
this probably won't break anything.
### Removed
* **BREAKING**: Removed `Id`, `Owned`, `Ownership`, `Shared`, `ShareId` and
`WeakId`. Use them from the `objc_id` crate instead.
* **BREAKING**: Removed `Method::set_implementation` and
`Method::exchange_implementation`.
## [0.1.4] (`objc` crate) - 2015-04-17
### Removed
* **BREAKING**: Removed `block` module. Use them from the `block` crate
instead.
## [0.1.3] (`objc` crate) - 2015-04-11
### Added
* Implement `fmt::Pointer` for `Id`.
### Fixed
* Odd lifetime bug.
## [0.1.2] (`objc` crate) - 2015-04-04
### Fixed
* **BREAKING**: Replace uses of `PhantomFn` with `Sized`.
## [0.1.1] (`objc` crate) - 2015-03-27
### Added
* Implement `Error` for `UnequalArgsError`.
### Removed
* **BREAKING**: Move `objc::foundation` into new crate `objc_foundation`.
[0.2.7]: https://github.com/madsmtm/objc2/compare/objc-0.2.6...objc-0.2.7
[0.2.6]: https://github.com/madsmtm/objc2/compare/objc-0.2.5...objc-0.2.6
[0.2.5]: https://github.com/madsmtm/objc2/compare/objc-0.2.4...objc-0.2.5
[0.2.4]: https://github.com/madsmtm/objc2/compare/objc-0.2.3...objc-0.2.4
[0.2.3]: https://github.com/madsmtm/objc2/compare/objc-0.2.2...objc-0.2.3
[0.2.2]: https://github.com/madsmtm/objc2/compare/objc-0.2.1...objc-0.2.2
[0.2.1]: https://github.com/madsmtm/objc2/compare/objc-0.2.0...objc-0.2.1
[0.2.0]: https://github.com/madsmtm/objc2/compare/objc-0.1.8...objc-0.2.0
[0.1.8]: https://github.com/madsmtm/objc2/compare/objc-0.1.7...objc-0.1.8
[0.1.7]: https://github.com/madsmtm/objc2/compare/objc-0.1.6...objc-0.1.7
[0.1.6]: https://github.com/madsmtm/objc2/compare/objc-0.1.5...objc-0.1.6
[0.1.5]: https://github.com/madsmtm/objc2/compare/objc-0.1.4...objc-0.1.5
[0.1.4]: https://github.com/madsmtm/objc2/compare/objc-0.1.3...objc-0.1.4
[0.1.3]: https://github.com/madsmtm/objc2/compare/objc-0.1.2...objc-0.1.3
[0.1.2]: https://github.com/madsmtm/objc2/compare/objc-0.1.1...objc-0.1.2
[0.1.1]: https://github.com/madsmtm/objc2/compare/objc-0.1.0...objc-0.1.1