Basic Types

ObjectiveScript has high-fidelity support for runtime interoperability between JavaScript types and [Objective-]C types.

When a value is passed from C or Objective-C code to ObjectiveScript code, the runtime necessarily knows its C or Objective-C type. The value is then converted to a JavaScript representation based on various rules, while attempting to maintain maximum fidelity.

When a value is passed from ObjectiveScript code to C or Objective-C, the runtime similarly converts the type to the expected [Objective-]C type.

Numbers

Numbers passed from Objective-C or C code into ObjectiveScript are converted to the JavaScript number type. When passing a JavaScript number from ObjectiveScript to Objective-C or C, the exact numeric type is inferred contextually.

The supported numeric types are:

  • [unsigned] char
  • [unsigned] int
  • [unsigned] short
  • [unsigned] long [long]
  • float
  • double

Booleans

The Objective-C BOOL type is converted to a JavaScript boolean, and vice-versa. One can also use YES and NO literals in ObjectiveScript code; these are exactly equivalent to true and false respectively.

Strings

The Objective-C SEL type and C char * converted to JavaScript's string type, and vice-versa.

Pointers, C Arrays, and Structs

See Advanced Types.

Objective-C Objects

See Objective-C Interoperability.