I'm afraid I'm not sure if I understand exactly what you're asking. I would like to be able access the "frame number" property (which is in fact stored as a variable within the class, and is fixed soon after instantiation) in spite of the fact that I only have a 'const' pointer to the object at the time I want to access it. Semantically I don't see why it should be unsafe to attempt to find out the value of that property.
Either way, hopefully the actual code helps to answer your question: -(void)analyzeFrameAsync:(id<FrameProtocol>)frame { int num = frame.frameNumber; // Temporary variable avoid problems with calling method on 'frame' [const] from block dispatch_async(analysisSerialQueue, ^{ [analyzer processFrame:frame]; self.latestFrameNumberProcessed = num; // I can't call frame.frameNumber from within the block (compiler error) }); } On 8 Nov 2010, at 16:29, David Duncan wrote: > It might be useful to know what you expect to get from the const reference in > the first place? Primarily because I highly suspect that it is not necessary > to ensure the semantics that you desire. > > On Nov 8, 2010, at 4:59 AM, Jonny Taylor wrote: > >> I have encountered what I presume is a common newcomer's problem, but I >> haven't had any luck with google (maybe I'm using the wrong search terms?). >> Suppose I have a const id, e.g. "const id<FrameProtocol> frame". If I >> attempt to call a getter for the object I get the following compiler error: >> request for member 'frameNumber' in 'frame', which is of non-class type >> 'objc_object* const' > > -- > David Duncan > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com