[CocoaApp isThisTiger]

Finlay Dobbie finlay.dobbie at gmail.com
Tue Oct 23 10:25:28 PDT 2007


On 23/10/2007, Alastair Houghton <alastair at alastairs-place.net> wrote:
> Plus Gestalt() doesn't help you in all cases where this file might.

Would you care to elaborate on that?

> So, sure, you should use Gestalt() if that's what you need.  But
> before stating categorically that Gestalt() is the One True Way, it's
> worth realising that not everybody's needs are the same and sometimes
> that means doing something different.

Perhaps where "something different" is not "determining what version
of Mac OS X we're running on", but then we were never discussing that.

Gestalt is the best tool for this job.

 -- Finlay


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