[MacRuby-devel] NSTimer.timerWithTimeInterval ?

[Robert Feldt]

Yes, thanks again. What "got me" here is that the error message
complained that the method wasn't there so I didn't really consider
looking at the formatting of the parameters. I realize now that
MacRuby probably does method lookup/disambiguation based on the "param
names" (or what they are called in objective-c).

So a suggestion to the MacRuby team would be to try to make the error
message indicate this in some way if possible.

So instead of simply:

 undefined method `scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval' for NSTimer:Class
(NoMethodError)

Something like:

 undefined method `scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval' (or missing/use of
parameters) for NSTimer:Class (NoMethodError)

would be helpful and imho more "true". OTOH this might make it into an
ArgumentError so not easy to handle...

Regards,

Robert

On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 12:32 AM, Matt Aimonetti <mattaimonetti at gmail.com> wrote:
> Here is an example of a small game written entirely in MacRuby and which
> uses NSTimer to run the game
> loop: https://github.com/mattetti/phileas_frog/blob/master/game_loop.rb#L32-36
> I hope it helps,
> - Matt
>
> On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 11:54 AM, Robert Feldt <robert.feldt at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks guys, I'll try to read up on some more tutorials before making
>> a fool of myself again... ;)
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Robert
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 8:42 PM, Richard Kilmer <rich at infoether.com> wrote:
>> > Take the calling param sequence and turn it into a 1.9 hash statement in
>> > order :)
>> >
>> > timer = NSTimer.timerWithTimeInterval 60, target: self, selector:
>> > 'recheckAndUpdateTitle:', userInfo: nil, repeats: true
>> >
>> > because this is the actual selector:
>> > timerWithTimeInterval:target:selector:userInfo:repeats:
>> >
>> > On Nov 7, 2011, at 2:33 PM, Robert Feldt wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> Noob to both MacRuby and Cocoa/Objective-C here (but not Ruby) so
>> >> please forgive is this is obvious but when I try to call
>> >>
>> >> timer = NSTimer.timerWithTimeInterval(60, self,
>> >> 'recheckAndUpdateTitle:', nil, true)
>> >> NSRunLoop.currentRunLoop.addTimer(timer)
>> >>
>> >> I get:
>> >>
>> >> undefined method `timerWithTimeInterval' for NSTimer:Class
>> >> (NoMethodError)
>> >>
>> >> which is very confusing given:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Cocoa/Reference/Foundation/Classes/NSTimer_Class/Reference/NSTimer.html#//apple_ref/occ/cl/NSTimer
>> >>
>> >> and
>> >>
>> >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1449035/how-do-i-use-nstimer
>> >>
>> >> What am I missing here? Any advice appreciated!?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Thanks in advance,
>> >>
>> >> /Robert Feldt
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/Robert Feldt
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