* Source/NSCell.m (-compare:): Compare the stringValue of

NSCell's rather than thier contents directly.


git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/libs/gui/trunk@17732 72102866-910b-0410-8b05-ffd578937521

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-09-27  David Ayers  <d.ayers@inode.at>
+
+	* Source/NSCell.m (-compare:):  Compare the stringValue of
+	NSCell's rather than thier contents directly.
+
 2003-09-23 19:14  Alexander Malmberg <alexander@malmberg.org>
 
 	* Source/NSWindow.m (-orderWindow:relativeTo:): Only force a display

Source/NSCell.m

@@ -1056,8 +1056,11 @@ static NSColor	*shadowCol;
   return [self menu];
 }
 
-/*
- * Comparing to Another NSCell
+/**
+ * Compares the reciever to another to another NSCell.
+ * The argument must be an NSCell sublclass and have
+ * the NSCellType NSTextCellType.  Returns the result
+ * of the comparison of each cell's stringVaule.
  */
 - (NSComparisonResult) compare: (id)otherCell
 {
@@ -1072,7 +1075,9 @@ static NSColor	*shadowCol;
       [NSException raise: NSBadComparisonException
 		   format: @"Comparison between non-text cells"];
     }
-  return [_contents compare: ((NSCell*)otherCell)->_contents];
+  /* We shouldn't access instance variables directly as subclasses
+     may override stringValue to retrieve the value from somewhere else.  */
+  return [[self stringValue] compare: [(NSCell*)otherCell stringValue]];
 }
 
 /*