koobas.hobune.stream
il2cpp generics and overloads
My issue is that I have a fairly automated decoding of google protocol buffers that I need to convert at the end of the chain. It all works well in Mac/Windows but fails in iOS due to (I think) il2cpp
The code looks like this:
public static class PotConverter
{
public static void Convert(float a, int b)
{
Debug.Log("called the typed convert");
}
}
public class Porto<T, M>
{
T a;
M b;
public Porto(T _a, M _b)
{
a = _a;
b = _b;
}
public void doThat()
{
PotConverter.Convert((dynamic)a, (dynamic)b);
}
}
public class lala : MonoBehaviour {
Porto<float, int> a = new Porto<float, int>(1.0f,2);
void OnEnable () {
a.doThat();
}
I do need dynamic as generics loose track of types in this situation (generic class calling an overloaded function set). In iOS, seemingly, dynamic is not supported. Is there a way around it?
how can it be implemented in a decent way for il2cpp platforms?
Right now I am doing a horror for iOS, which of course is error prone, doesn't scale, etc, etc:
public static void Convert<U, V>(U a, V b)
{
if (a.GetType()== typeof( float))
{
Debug.Log("first we float manhattan");
if(b.GetType() == typeof(int))
{
Debug.Log("then we float berlin");
Convert(Get<float>(a), Get<int>(b));
}
}
else
Debug.Log("no conversion available");}
Can it be done better?
thanks!
