Calling Super in Objective-C

[syntonica]

Here's what I got:

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1. {$mode objfpc}
2. {$modeswitch objectivec1}
3.  
4. procedure MyNSViewSubclass.keyDown(theEvent: NSEvent);
5. var
6.   Consumed: Boolean;
7.  
8. begin
9.   { do some stuff, but we aren't going to consume the event }
10.   if not Consumed then super.keyDown(theEvent);  // [super keyDown:theEvent]
11. end;
12.  

How do I effect the call to super to pass the event along?  I've tried many variations, searched in all the usual places, no luck...

[syntonica]

Finally found it!

Code: Pascal  [Select][+][-]

1. if not Consumed then Inherited keyDown(theEvent);
2.  

Not exactly an obvious construct.   

[Thaddy]

Why? Technically inherited and super are similar, just differently named in the different languages.
Both mean to allow you to use the implementation of the current class its  ancestor.
I wrote similar, because there are some differences: e.g. in Objective C, you can dispatch messages to the super class(es) directly, using objc_msgSendSuper (xxx) and is static, whereas Object Pascal class dispatching is dynamic through its VMT.

[PascalDragon]

Finally found it!

Code: Pascal  [Select][+][-]

1. if not Consumed then Inherited keyDown(theEvent);
2.  

Not exactly an obvious construct.   

It is in Object Pascal. Here, it's documented. It isn't that far-fetched that Objective Pascal uses the same way to call a parent's method.

[syntonica]

Why?

Because I just spent spent the day translating [bracketed things] into dotOperator.things and "Inherited" doesn't follow the pattern. Only reason I found it is that I was looking at the Java->Pascal page.

[syntonica]

Finally found it!

Code: Pascal  [Select][+][-]

1. if not Consumed then Inherited keyDown(theEvent);
2.  

Not exactly an obvious construct.   

It is in Object Pascal. Here, it's documented. It isn't that far-fetched that Objective Pascal uses the same way to call a parent's method.

I was assuming there was a special construct for this.  Now there will be a Google entry forever associating 'super' with 'Inherited' so other poor souls following in my footsteps don't get as lost. 

Anyway, I'm finally getting close to a clean compile, although there are a couple of ugly bumps in the road ahead due to some changes I made deep in the bowels of my engine.  Fortunately, FPC never complains about how many times I invoke it. Just my bad code.