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/// Gets a reference to an [`AnyClass`] from the given name.
///
/// If you have an object that implements [`ClassType`], consider using the
/// [`ClassType::class`] method instead.
///
/// [`AnyClass`]: crate::runtime::AnyClass
/// [`ClassType`]: crate::ClassType
/// [`ClassType::class`]: crate::ClassType::class
///
///
/// # Panics
///
/// Panics if no class with the given name can be found.
///
/// To dynamically check for a class that may not exist, use [`AnyClass::get`].
///
/// [`AnyClass::get`]: crate::runtime::AnyClass::get
///
///
/// # Features
///
/// If the experimental `"unstable-static-class"` feature is enabled, this
/// will emit special statics that will be replaced by dyld when the program
/// starts up.
///
/// Errors that were previously runtime panics may now turn into linker errors
/// if you try to use a class which is not available. Additionally, you may
/// have to call `msg_send![cls, class]` on the result if you want to use it
/// in a dynamic context (e.g. when dynamically creating classes).
///
/// See the [corresponding section][sel#features] in the [`sel!`] macro for
/// more details on the limitations of this. The
/// `"unstable-static-class-inlined"` corresponds to the
/// `"unstable-static-sel-inlined"` feature here.
///
/// [sel#features]: crate::sel#features
/// [`sel!`]: crate::sel
///
///
/// # Examples
///
/// Get and compare the class with one returned from [`ClassType::class`].
///
/// ```
/// use objc2::runtime::NSObject;
/// use objc2::{class, ClassType};
///
/// let cls1 = class!(NSObject);
/// let cls2 = NSObject::class();
/// assert_eq!(cls1, cls2);
/// ```
///
/// Try to get a non-existing class (this will panic, or fail to link).
///
/// use objc2::class;
///
/// let _ = class!(NonExistentClass);
/// ```
/// Register a selector with the Objective-C runtime.
///
/// Returns the [`Sel`] corresponding to the specified selector.
///
/// [`Sel`]: crate::runtime::Sel
///
///
/// # Panics
///
/// Panics if the runtime failed allocating space for the selector.
///
///
/// # Specification
///
/// This has similar syntax and functionality as the `@selector` directive in
/// Objective-C.
///
/// This calls [`Sel::register`] internally. The result is cached for
/// efficiency. The cache for certain common selectors (`alloc`, `init` and
/// `new`) is deduplicated to reduce code-size.
///
/// Non-ascii identifiers are ill-tested, if supported at all.
///
/// [`Sel::register`]: crate::runtime::Sel::register
///
///
/// # Features
///
/// If the experimental `"unstable-static-sel"` feature is enabled, this will
/// emit special statics that will be replaced by the dynamic linker (dyld)
/// when the program starts up - in exactly the same manner as normal
/// Objective-C code does.
/// This should be significantly faster (and allow better native debugging),
/// however due to the Rust compilation model, and since we don't have
/// low-level control over it, it is currently unlikely that this will work
/// correctly in all cases.
/// See the source code and [rust-lang/rust#53929] for more info.
///
/// Concretely, this may fail at:
/// - link-time (likely)
/// - dynamic link-time/just before the program is run (fairly likely)
/// - runtime, causing UB (unlikely)
///
/// The `"unstable-static-sel-inlined"` feature is the even more extreme
/// version - it yield better performance and is closer to real
/// Objective-C code, but probably won't work unless your code and its
/// inlining is written in a very certain way.
///
/// Enabling LTO greatly increases the chance that these features work.
///
/// On Apple/Darwin targets, these limitations can be overcome with the
/// `"unstable-darwin-objc"` feature which uses the nightly-only `darwin_objc`
/// language feature. This experimental language feature implements the
/// Objective-C static selector ABI directly in the Rust compiler and should
/// work in more if not all cases. Using `"unstable-darwin-objc"` requires
/// `darwin_objc` to be enabled in every crate that uses this macro, which can
/// be achieved in `objc2` crates by enabling their own
/// `"unstable-darwin-objc"` features and in your own crates by adding
/// `#![feature(darwin_objc)]`.
///
/// See [rust-lang/rust#145496] for the tracking issue for the feature.
///
/// [rust-lang/rust#53929]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/53929
/// [rust-lang/rust#145496]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/145496
///
///
/// # Examples
///
/// Get a few different selectors:
///
/// ```rust
/// use objc2::sel;
/// let sel = sel!(alloc);
/// let sel = sel!(description);
/// let sel = sel!(_privateMethod);
/// let sel = sel!(storyboardWithName:bundle:);
/// let sel = sel!(
/// otherEventWithType:
/// location:
/// modifierFlags:
/// timestamp:
/// windowNumber:
/// context:
/// subtype:
/// data1:
/// data2:
/// );
/// ```
///
/// Whitespace is ignored:
///
/// ```
/// # use objc2::sel;
/// let sel1 = sel!(setObject:forKey:);
/// let sel2 = sel!( setObject :
///
/// forKey : );
/// assert_eq!(sel1, sel2);
/// ```
///
/// Invalid selector:
///
/// ```compile_fail
/// # use objc2::sel;
/// let sel = sel!(aSelector:withoutTrailingColon);
/// ```
///
/// A selector with internal colons:
///
/// ```
/// # use objc2::sel;
/// let sel = sel!(sel::with:::multiple:internal::::colons:::);
///
/// // Yes, that is possible! The following Objective-C would work:
/// //
/// // @interface MyThing: NSObject
/// // + (void)test:(int)a :(int)b arg:(int)c :(int)d;
/// // @end
/// ```
///
/// Unsupported usage that you may run into when using macros - fails to
/// compile when the `"unstable-static-sel"` feature is enabled.
///
/// Instead, define a wrapper function that retrieves the selector.
///
/// use objc2::sel;
/// macro_rules! x {
/// ($x:ident) => {
/// // One of these is fine
/// sel!($x);
/// // But using the identifier again in the same way is not!
/// sel!($x);
/// };
/// }
/// // Identifier `abc`
/// x!(abc);
/// ```
/// Handle selectors with internal colons.
///
/// Required since `::` is a different token than `:`.
=> ;
// Single identifier
=> ;
// Parse identitifer + colon token
=> ;
// Parse identitifer + path separator token
=> ;
}
;
}
=> ;
}
=> ;
}
=>
}
// The linking changed in libobjc2 v2.0
/// Send a message to an object or class.
///
/// This is wildly `unsafe`, even more so than sending messages in
/// Objective-C, because this macro can't inspect header files to see the
/// expected types, and because Rust has more safety invariants to uphold.
/// Make sure to review the safety section below!
///
/// The recommended way of using this macro is by defining a wrapper function:
///
/// ```
/// # use std::ffi::{c_int, c_char};
/// # use objc2::msg_send;
/// # use objc2::runtime::NSObject;
/// unsafe fn do_something(obj: &NSObject, arg: c_int) -> *const c_char {
/// msg_send![obj, doSomething: arg]
/// }
/// ```
///
/// This way we are clearly communicating to Rust that: The method
/// `doSomething:` works with a shared reference to the object. It takes a
/// C-style signed integer, and returns a pointer to what is probably a
/// C-compatible string. Now it's much, _much_ easier to make a safe
/// abstraction around this!
///
/// The [`extern_methods!`] macro can help with coding this pattern.
///
/// [`extern_methods!`]: crate::extern_methods
///
///
/// # Memory management
///
/// If an Objective-C method returns `id`, `NSObject*`, or similar object
/// pointers, you should use [`Retained<T>`] on the Rust side, or
/// `Option<Retained<T>>` if the pointer is nullable.
///
/// This is necessary because object pointers in Objective-C have certain
/// rules for when they should be retained and released across function calls.
///
/// [`Retained<T>`]: crate::rc::Retained
///
///
/// ## A little history
///
/// Objective-C's type system is... limited, so you can't tell without
/// consulting the documentation who is responsible for releasing an object.
/// To remedy this problem, Apple/Cocoa introduced (approximately) the
/// following rule:
///
/// The caller is responsible for releasing objects return from methods that
/// begin with `new`, `alloc`, `copy`, `mutableCopy` or `init`, and method
/// that begins with `init` takes ownership of the receiver. See [Cocoa's
/// Memory Management Policy][mmRules] for a user-friendly introduction to
/// this concept.
///
/// In the past, users had to do `retain` and `release` calls themselves to
/// properly follow these rules. To avoid the memory management problems
/// associated with manual stuff like that, they [introduced "ARC"][arc-rel],
/// which codifies the rules as part of the language, and inserts the required
/// `retain` and `release` calls automatically.
///
/// Returning a `*const T` pointer is similar to pre-ARC; you have to know
/// when to retain and when to release an object. Returning `Retained` is
/// similar to ARC; the rules are simple enough that we can do them
/// automatically!
///
/// [mmRules]: https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/MemoryMgmt/Articles/mmRules.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20000994-SW1
/// [arc-rel]: https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/releasenotes/ObjectiveC/RN-TransitioningToARC/Introduction/Introduction.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40011226
///
///
/// # Specification
///
/// The syntax is somewhat similar to the message syntax in Objective-C,
/// except with a comma between arguments. Eliding the comma is possible, but
/// deprecated, and may be removed in a future version of `objc2`.
///
/// The first expression, know as the "receiver", can be any type that
/// implements [`MessageReceiver`], like a reference or a pointer to an
/// object. Additionally, it can even be a reference to an [`Retained`]
/// containing an object.
///
/// The expression can be wrapped in `super`, with an optional superclass
/// as the second argument. If no specific superclass is specified, the
/// direct superclass is retrieved from [`ClassType`].
///
/// All arguments, as well as the return type, must implement [`Encode`] (bar
/// the exceptions below).
///
/// If the last argument is the special marker `_`, the macro will return a
/// `Result<_, Retained<E>>`, see below.
///
/// This macro roughly translates into a call to [`sel!`], and afterwards a
/// fully qualified call to [`MessageReceiver::send_message`]. Note that this
/// means that auto-dereferencing of the receiver is not supported, and that
/// the receiver is consumed. You may encounter a little trouble with `&mut`
/// references, try refactoring into a separate method or reborrowing the
/// reference.
///
/// Variadic arguments are currently not supported.
///
/// [`MessageReceiver`]: crate::runtime::MessageReceiver
/// [`Retained`]: crate::rc::Retained
/// [`ClassType`]: crate::ClassType
/// [`Encode`]: crate::Encode
/// [`sel!`]: crate::sel
/// [`MessageReceiver::send_message`]: crate::runtime::MessageReceiver::send_message
///
///
/// ## Memory management details
///
/// The accepted receiver and return types, and how we handle them, differ
/// depending on which, if any, of the [recognized selector
/// families][sel-families] the selector belongs to:
///
/// - The `new` family: The receiver may be anything that implements
/// [`MessageReceiver`] (though often you'll want to use `&AnyClass`). The
/// return type is a generic `Retained<T>` or `Option<Retained<T>>`.
///
/// - The `alloc` family: The receiver must be `&AnyClass`, and the return
/// type is a generic `Allocated<T>`.
///
/// - The `init` family: The receiver must be `Allocated<T>` as returned from
/// `alloc`, or if sending messages to the superclass, it must be
/// `PartialInit<T>`.
///
/// The receiver is consumed, and a the now-initialized `Retained<T>` or
/// `Option<Retained<T>>` (with the same `T`) is returned.
///
/// - The `copy` family: The receiver may be anything that implements
/// [`MessageReceiver`] and the return type is a generic `Retained<T>` or
/// `Option<Retained<T>>`.
///
/// - The `mutableCopy` family: Same as the `copy` family.
///
/// - No family: The receiver may be anything that implements
/// [`MessageReceiver`]. The result is retained using
/// [`Retained::retain_autoreleased`], and a generic `Retained<T>` or
/// `Option<Retained<T>>` is returned. This retain is in most cases faster
/// than using autorelease pools!
///
/// See [the clang documentation][arc-retainable] for the precise
/// specification of Objective-C's ownership rules.
///
/// As you may have noticed, the return type is usually either `Retained` or
/// `Option<Retained>`. Internally, the return type is always
/// `Option<Retained>` (for example: almost all `new` methods can fail if the
/// allocation failed), but for convenience, if the return type is
/// `Retained<T>`, this macro will automatically unwrap the object, or panic
/// with an error message if it couldn't be retrieved.
///
/// As a special case, if the last argument is the marker `_`, the macro will
/// return a `Result<Retained<T>, Retained<E>>`, see below.
///
/// The `retain`, `release` and `autorelease` selectors are not supported, use
/// [`Retained::retain`], [`Retained::drop`] and [`Retained::autorelease_ptr`]
/// for that.
///
/// [sel-families]: https://clang.llvm.org/docs/AutomaticReferenceCounting.html#arc-method-families
/// [`MessageReceiver`]: crate::runtime::MessageReceiver
/// [`Retained::retain_autoreleased`]: crate::rc::Retained::retain_autoreleased
/// [arc-retainable]: https://clang.llvm.org/docs/AutomaticReferenceCounting.html#retainable-object-pointers-as-operands-and-arguments
/// [`Retained::retain`]: crate::rc::Retained::retain
/// [`Retained::drop`]: crate::rc::Retained::drop
/// [`Retained::autorelease_ptr`]: crate::rc::Retained::autorelease_ptr
///
///
/// # `bool` handling
///
/// Objective-C's `BOOL` is slightly different from Rust's [`bool`], and hence
/// a conversion step must be performed before using it. This is _very_ easy
/// to forget (because it'll happen to work in _most_ cases), so this macro
/// does the conversion step automatically whenever an argument or the return
/// type is `bool`.
///
/// That means that any Objective-C method that take or return `BOOL` can be
/// translated to use `bool` on the Rust side.
///
/// If you want to handle the conversion explicitly, or the Objective-C method
/// expects e.g. a pointer to a `BOOL`, use [`runtime::Bool`] instead.
///
/// [`runtime::Bool`]: crate::runtime::Bool
///
///
/// # Out-parameters
///
/// Parameters like `NSString**` in Objective-C are passed by "writeback",
/// which means that the callee autoreleases any value that they may write
/// into the parameter.
///
/// This macro has support for passing such parameters using the following
/// types:
/// - `&mut Retained<_>`
/// - `Option<&mut Retained<_>>`
/// - `&mut Option<Retained<_>>`,
/// - `Option<&mut Option<Retained<_>>>`
///
/// Beware with the first two, since they will cause undefined behaviour if
/// the method overwrites the value with `nil`.
///
/// See [clang's documentation][clang-out-params] for more details.
///
/// [clang-out-params]: https://clang.llvm.org/docs/AutomaticReferenceCounting.html#passing-to-an-out-parameter-by-writeback
///
///
/// # Errors
///
/// The most common place you'll see out-parameters is as `NSError**` the last
/// parameter, which is used to communicate errors to the caller, see [Error
/// Handling Programming Guide For Cocoa][cocoa-error].
///
/// Similar to Swift's [importing of error parameters][swift-error], this
/// macro supports an even more convenient version than the out-parameter
/// support, which transforms methods whose last parameter is `NSError**` into
/// the Rust equivalent, the [`Result`] type.
///
/// In particular, if you make the last argument the special marker `_`, then
/// the macro will return a `Result<R, Retained<E>>`. The error type `E` must
/// be either [`NSObject`] or `objc2_foundation::NSError`.
///
/// The success type `R` must be either `()` or `Retained<T>`.
///
/// At runtime, we create the temporary error variable for you on the stack
/// and send it as the out-parameter to the method. If the method then returns
/// `NO`/`false`, or in the case of an object pointer, `NULL`, the error
/// variable is loaded and returned in [`Err`].
///
/// [cocoa-error]: https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ErrorHandlingCocoa/ErrorHandling/ErrorHandling.html
/// [swift-error]: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swift/about-imported-cocoa-error-parameters
/// [`NSObject`]: crate::runtime::NSObject
///
///
/// # Panics
///
/// Unwinds if the underlying method throws and exception. If the
/// `"catch-all"` Cargo feature is enabled, the Objective-C exception is
/// converted into a Rust panic, with potentially a bit better stack trace.
///
/// Finally, panics if the return type is specified as `Retained<_>`, but the
/// method actually returned NULL. If this happens, you should change the
/// signature to instead return `Option<Retained<_>>` to handle the error
/// yourself.
///
///
/// ## Type verification
///
/// To make message sending safer, all arguments and return values for
/// messages must implement [`encode::Encode`]. This allows the Rust compiler
/// to prevent you from passing e.g. a [`Vec`] into Objective-C, which would
/// both be UB and leak the vector.
///
/// When `debug_assertions` are enabled, this macro will check the encoding of
/// the given arguments and return every time you send a message, and will
/// panic if they are not equivalent.
///
/// This is not a perfect solution for ensuring safety (some Rust types have
/// the same Objective-C encoding, but are not equivalent, such as `&T` and
/// `*const T`), but it gets us much closer to it!
///
/// This behaviour can be tweaked with the `"relax-void-encoding"`,
/// `"relax-sign-encoding"` or `"disable-encoding-assertions"` Cargo feature
/// flags if it is causing you trouble.
///
/// [`encode::Encode`]: crate::encode::Encode
/// [`Vec`]: std::vec::Vec
///
///
/// # Safety
///
/// Similar to defining and calling an `extern` function in a foreign function
/// interface. In particular, you must uphold the following requirements:
///
/// 1. The selector corresponds to a valid method that is available on the
/// receiver.
///
/// 2. The argument types match what the receiver excepts for this selector.
///
/// 3. The return type match what the receiver returns for this selector.
///
/// 4. The call must not violate Rust's mutability rules, for example if
/// passing an `&T`, the Objective-C method must not mutate the variable
/// (except if the variable is inside [`std::cell::UnsafeCell`] or
/// derivatives).
///
/// 5. If the receiver is a raw pointer it must be valid (aligned,
/// dereferenceable, initialized and so on). Messages to `null` pointers
/// are allowed (though heavily discouraged), but _only_ if the return type
/// itself is a pointer.
///
/// 6. You must uphold any additional safety requirements (explicit and
/// implicit) that the method has. For example:
/// - Methods that take pointers usually require that the pointer is valid,
/// and sometimes non-null.
/// - Sometimes, a method may only be called on the main thread.
/// - The lifetime of returned pointers usually follows certain rules, and
/// may not be valid outside of an [`autoreleasepool`] (returning
/// `Retained` usually helps with these cases).
///
/// 7. Each out-parameter must have the correct nullability, and the method
/// must not have any attributes that changes the how it handles memory
/// management for these.
///
/// 8. If using the automatic memory management facilities of this macro, the
/// method must not have any attributes such as `objc_method_family`,
/// `ns_returns_retained`, `ns_consumed` that changes the how it handles
/// memory management.
///
/// 8. TODO: Maybe more?
///
/// [`autoreleasepool`]: crate::rc::autoreleasepool
///
///
/// # Examples
///
/// Interacting with [`NSURLComponents`], [`NSString`] and [`NSNumber`].
///
/// [`NSURLComponents`]: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/nsurlcomponents?language=objc
/// [`NSString`]: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/nsstring?language=objc
/// [`NSNumber`]: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/nsnumber?language=objc
///
/// ```
/// use objc2::rc::Retained;
/// use objc2::{msg_send, ClassType};
/// use objc2_foundation::{NSNumber, NSString, NSURLComponents};
///
///
/// // Create an empty `NSURLComponents` by calling the class method `new`.
/// let components: Retained<NSURLComponents> = unsafe {
/// // ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the return type, a memory-managed
/// // `NSURLComponents` instance
/// //
/// msg_send![NSURLComponents::class(), new]
/// // ------------------------ ^^^ the selector `new`
/// // |
/// // the receiver, in this case the class itself
/// };
///
///
/// // Create a new `NSNumber` from an integer.
/// let port: Retained<NSNumber> = unsafe {
/// msg_send![NSNumber::class(), numberWithInt: 8080i32]
/// // -------------- ^^^^^^^ the argument to the method
/// // |
/// // the selector `numberWithInt:`
/// //
/// // Note how we must fully specify the argument as `8080i32` instead of just `8080`.
/// };
///
///
/// // Set the port property of the URL.
/// let _: () = unsafe { msg_send![&components, setPort: &*port] };
/// // -- -------- ^^^^^^ the port is deref'd to
/// // | | become the correct type
/// // | |
/// // | the selector `setPort:` is derived
/// // | from the property name `port`.
/// // |
/// // return type (i.e. nothing / void)
/// //
/// // Note that even return types of `void` must be explicitly specified as `()`.
///
///
/// // Set the `host` property of the URL.
/// let host: Retained<NSString> = unsafe {
/// msg_send![NSString::class(), stringWithUTF8String: c"example.com".as_ptr()]
/// };
/// let _: () = unsafe { msg_send![&components, setHost: &*host] };
///
///
/// // Set the `scheme` property of the URL.
/// let scheme: Retained<NSString> = unsafe {
/// msg_send![NSString::class(), stringWithUTF8String: c"http".as_ptr()]
/// };
/// let _: () = unsafe { msg_send![&components, setScheme: &*scheme] };
///
///
/// // Get the combined URL in string form.
/// let string: Option<Retained<NSString>> = unsafe { msg_send![&components, string] };
/// // ^^^^^^ the method can return NULL, so we specify an option here
///
///
/// assert_eq!(string.unwrap().to_string(), "http://example.com:8080");
/// ```
///
/// The example above uses only `msg_send!` for demonstration purposes; note
/// that usually the interface you seek is already present in [the framework
/// crates] and then the equivalent code can be as simple as:
///
/// [the framework crates]: crate::topics::about_generated
///
/// ```
/// use objc2_foundation::{NSNumber, NSString, NSURLComponents};
///
/// let components = unsafe { NSURLComponents::new() };
/// unsafe { components.setPort(Some(&NSNumber::new_i32(8080))) };
/// unsafe { components.setHost(Some(&NSString::from_str("example.com"))) };
/// unsafe { components.setScheme(Some(&NSString::from_str("http"))) };
/// let string = unsafe { components.string() };
///
/// assert_eq!(string.unwrap().to_string(), "http://example.com:8080");
/// ```
///
/// Sending messages to the superclass of an object.
///
/// ```no_run
/// use objc2::runtime::NSObject;
/// use objc2::{msg_send, ClassType};
/// #
/// # objc2::define_class!(
/// # #[unsafe(super(NSObject))]
/// # struct MyObject;
/// # );
/// #
/// # let obj: objc2::rc::Retained<MyObject> = todo!();
///
/// // Call `someMethod` on the direct super class.
/// let _: () = unsafe { msg_send![super(&obj), someMethod] };
///
/// // Or lower-level, a method on a specific superclass.
/// let superclass = NSObject::class();
/// let arg3: u32 = unsafe { msg_send![super(&obj, superclass), getArg3] };
/// ```
///
/// Sending a message with automatic error handling.
///
/// ```no_run
/// use objc2::msg_send;
/// use objc2::rc::Retained;
/// # #[cfg(requires_foundation)]
/// use objc2_foundation::{NSBundle, NSError};
/// # use objc2::runtime::NSObject as NSBundle;
/// # use objc2::runtime::NSObject as NSError;
///
/// # #[cfg(requires_foundation)]
/// let bundle = NSBundle::mainBundle();
/// # let bundle = NSBundle::new();
///
/// let res: Result<(), Retained<NSError>> = unsafe {
/// // -- -------- ^^^^^^^ must be NSError or NSObject
/// // | |
/// // | always retained
/// // |
/// // `()` means that the method returns `bool`, we check
/// // that and return success if `true`, an error if `false`
/// //
/// msg_send![&bundle, preflightAndReturnError: _]
/// // ^ activate error handling
/// };
/// ```
///
/// Sending a message with an out parameter _and_ automatic error handling.
///
/// ```no_run
/// use objc2::msg_send;
/// use objc2::rc::Retained;
///
/// # type NSFileManager = objc2::runtime::NSObject;
/// # type NSURL = objc2::runtime::NSObject;
/// # type NSError = objc2::runtime::NSObject;
/// let obj: &NSFileManager;
/// # obj = todo!();
/// let url: &NSURL;
/// # url = todo!();
/// let mut result_url: Option<Retained<NSURL>> = None;
/// unsafe {
/// msg_send![
/// obj,
/// trashItemAtURL: url,
/// resultingItemURL: Some(&mut result_url),
/// error: _
/// ]?
/// // ^ is possible on error-returning methods, if the return type is specified
/// };
///
/// // Use `result_url` here
///
/// # Ok::<(), Retained<NSError>>(())
/// ```
///
/// Attempt to do an invalid message send. This is undefined behaviour, but
/// will panic with `debug_assertions` enabled.
///
/// ```should_panic
/// use objc2::msg_send;
/// use objc2::runtime::NSObject;
///
/// let obj = NSObject::new();
///
/// // Wrong return type - this is UB!
/// //
/// // But it will be caught with `debug_assertions` enabled, stating that
/// // the return type's encoding is not correct.
/// let hash: f32 = unsafe { msg_send![&obj, hash] };
/// #
/// # panic!("does not panic in release mode, so for testing we make it!");
/// ```
};
=> ;
=> ;
}
/// Use [`msg_send!`] instead, it now supports converting to/from `bool`.
);
}
/// Use [`msg_send!`] instead, it now supports converting to/from
/// [`Retained`][crate::rc::Retained].
}
=> ;
}