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From: aozer@next.com (Ali Ozer)
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Subject: Re: float c=[sliderA floatValue] won't compile-why?
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Date: 25 Jun 91 02:47:08 GMT
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In article <1163.2862231f@amy.skidmore.edu> tholland@amy.skidmore.edu writes:
>float c;
>c = [sliderA floatValue];
>
>... I get the following error:
>"warning: cannot find method
> warning: return type for 'floatValue" defaults to id
> warning: incompatible types in assignment"

Apparently the compiler could not find the method "floatValue" declared
anywhere, so it assumes the method returns id, and the assignment of 
id to float rightfully generates the warning.

In this case you should probably be importing <appkit/Control.h> or
<appkit/Slider.h>.

Ali, Ali_Ozer@NeXT.com