1 1 8.3.2 '@encode' 1 --------------- 1 1 GNU Objective-C supports the '@encode' syntax that allows you to create 1 a type encoding from a C/Objective-C type. For example, '@encode(int)' 1 is compiled by the compiler into '"i"'. 1 1 '@encode' does not support type qualifiers other than 'const'. For 1 example, '@encode(const char*)' is valid and is compiled into '"r*"', 1 while '@encode(bycopy char *)' is invalid and will cause a compilation 1 error. 1