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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
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    <head>
    <title>GCObject documentation</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <font face="serif">
    <a href="BaseAdditions.html">Up</a>
    <br />
    <h1><a name="title$GCObject">GCObject documentation</a></h1>
    <h3>Authors</h3>
    <dl>
      <dt>Richard Frith-Macdonald (<a href="mailto:rfm@gnu.org"><code>rfm@gnu.org</code></a>)</dt>
      <dd>
      </dd>
    </dl>
    <p><b>Copyright:</b> (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>

        <div>
      <hr width="50%" align="left" />
      <h3>Contents -</h3>
      <ol>
        <li>
          <a href="#001000000000">Software documentation for the GCArray class</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="#002000000000">Software documentation for the GCDictionary class</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="#003000000000">Software documentation for the GCMutableArray class</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="#004000000000">Software documentation for the GCMutableDictionary
        class</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="#005000000000">Software documentation for the GCObject class</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="#006000000000">Software documentation for the GCObject(Extra)
        category</a>
        </li>
      </ol>
      <hr width="50%" align="left" />
    </div>

          <h1><a name="001000000000">
        Software documentation for the GCArray class
      </a></h1>
    <h2><a name="class$GCArray">GCArray</a> : NSArray</h2>
    <blockquote class="declared">
      <dl>
        <dt><b>Declared in:</b></dt>
        <dd>GNUstepBase/GCObject.h</dd>
      </dl>
    </blockquote>
    <div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
    <div class="desc">
      
          <em>Description forthcoming.</em>
        
    </div>
    <hr width="50%" align="left" />
    <a href="#_GCArray_ivars">Instance Variables</a>
    <br/><br/>
<a name="_GCArray_ivars"/>    <br/><hr width="50%" align="left" />
    <h2>Instance Variables for GCArray Class</h2>
    <h3><a name="ivariable$GCArray*_contents">_contents</a></h3>
    @protected id* <b>_contents</b>;<br />
    <div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
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    <div class="desc">
      
            <em>Warning</em> the underscore at the start of the
            name of this instance variable indicates that, even
            though it is not technically <em>private</em>, it is
            intended for internal use within the package, and
            you should not use the variable in other code.
          
    </div>
    <hr width="25%" align="left" />
    <h3><a name="ivariable$GCArray*_count">_count</a></h3>
    @protected unsigned int <b>_count</b>;<br />
    <div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
    <div class="desc">
      
            <em>Warning</em> the underscore at the start of the
            name of this instance variable indicates that, even
            though it is not technically <em>private</em>, it is
            intended for internal use within the package, and
            you should not use the variable in other code.
          
    </div>
    <hr width="25%" align="left" />
    <h3><a name="ivariable$GCArray*_isGCObject">_isGCObject</a></h3>
    @protected BOOL* <b>_isGCObject</b>;<br />
    <div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
    <div class="desc">
      
            <em>Warning</em> the underscore at the start of the
            name of this instance variable indicates that, even
            though it is not technically <em>private</em>, it is
            intended for internal use within the package, and
            you should not use the variable in other code.
          
    </div>
    <hr width="25%" align="left" />
    <h3><a name="ivariable$GCArray*gc">gc</a></h3>
    @protected gcInfo <b>gc</b>;<br />
    <div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
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    <div class="desc">
      
            <em>Description forthcoming.</em>
          
    </div>
    <hr width="25%" align="left" />
    <br/><hr width="50%" align="left" /><br/>

          <h1><a name="002000000000">
        Software documentation for the GCDictionary class
      </a></h1>
    <h2><a name="class$GCDictionary">GCDictionary</a> : NSDictionary</h2>
    <blockquote class="declared">
      <dl>
        <dt><b>Declared in:</b></dt>
        <dd>GNUstepBase/GCObject.h</dd>
      </dl>
    </blockquote>
    <div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
    <div class="desc">
      
          <em>Description forthcoming.</em>
        
    </div>
    <hr width="50%" align="left" />
    <a href="#_GCDictionary_ivars">Instance Variables</a>
    <br/><br/>
<a name="_GCDictionary_ivars"/>    <br/><hr width="50%" align="left" />
    <h2>Instance Variables for GCDictionary Class</h2>
    <h3><a name="ivariable$GCDictionary*_map">_map</a></h3>
    @protected NSMapTable* <b>_map</b>;<br />
    <div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
    <div class="desc">
      
            <em>Warning</em> the underscore at the start of the
            name of this instance variable indicates that, even
            though it is not technically <em>private</em>, it is
            intended for internal use within the package, and
            you should not use the variable in other code.
          
    </div>
    <hr width="25%" align="left" />
    <h3><a name="ivariable$GCDictionary*gc">gc</a></h3>
    @protected gcInfo <b>gc</b>;<br />
    <div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
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    <div class="desc">
      
            <em>Description forthcoming.</em>
          
    </div>
    <hr width="25%" align="left" />
    <br/><hr width="50%" align="left" /><br/>

          <h1><a name="003000000000">
        Software documentation for the GCMutableArray class
      </a></h1>
    <h2><a name="class$GCMutableArray">GCMutableArray</a> : NSMutableArray</h2>
    <blockquote class="declared">
      <dl>
        <dt><b>Declared in:</b></dt>
        <dd>GNUstepBase/GCObject.h</dd>
      </dl>
    </blockquote>
    <div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
    <div class="desc">
      
          <em>Description forthcoming.</em>
        
    </div>
    <hr width="50%" align="left" />
    <a href="#_GCMutableArray_ivars">Instance Variables</a>
    <br/><br/>
<a name="_GCMutableArray_ivars"/>    <br/><hr width="50%" align="left" />
    <h2>Instance Variables for GCMutableArray Class</h2>
    <h3><a name="ivariable$GCMutableArray*_contents">_contents</a></h3>
    @protected id* <b>_contents</b>;<br />
    <div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
    <div class="desc">
      
            <em>Warning</em> the underscore at the start of the
            name of this instance variable indicates that, even
            though it is not technically <em>private</em>, it is
            intended for internal use within the package, and
            you should not use the variable in other code.
          
    </div>
    <hr width="25%" align="left" />
    <h3><a name="ivariable$GCMutableArray*_count">_count</a></h3>
    @protected unsigned int <b>_count</b>;<br />
    <div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
    <div class="desc">
      
            <em>Warning</em> the underscore at the start of the
            name of this instance variable indicates that, even
            though it is not technically <em>private</em>, it is
            intended for internal use within the package, and
            you should not use the variable in other code.
          
    </div>
    <hr width="25%" align="left" />
    <h3><a name="ivariable$GCMutableArray*_isGCObject">_isGCObject</a></h3>
    @protected BOOL* <b>_isGCObject</b>;<br />
    <div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
    <div class="desc">
      
            <em>Warning</em> the underscore at the start of the
            name of this instance variable indicates that, even
            though it is not technically <em>private</em>, it is
            intended for internal use within the package, and
            you should not use the variable in other code.
          
    </div>
    <hr width="25%" align="left" />
    <h3><a name="ivariable$GCMutableArray*_maxCount">_maxCount</a></h3>
    @protected unsigned int <b>_maxCount</b>;<br />
    <div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
    <div class="desc">
      
            <em>Warning</em> the underscore at the start of the
            name of this instance variable indicates that, even
            though it is not technically <em>private</em>, it is
            intended for internal use within the package, and
            you should not use the variable in other code.
          
    </div>
    <hr width="25%" align="left" />
    <h3><a name="ivariable$GCMutableArray*gc">gc</a></h3>
    @protected gcInfo <b>gc</b>;<br />
    <div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
    <div class="desc">
      
            <em>Description forthcoming.</em>
          
    </div>
    <hr width="25%" align="left" />
    <br/><hr width="50%" align="left" /><br/>

          <h1><a name="004000000000">
        Software documentation for the GCMutableDictionary
        class
      </a></h1>
    <h2><a name="class$GCMutableDictionary">GCMutableDictionary</a> : NSMutableDictionary</h2>
    <blockquote class="declared">
      <dl>
        <dt><b>Declared in:</b></dt>
        <dd>GNUstepBase/GCObject.h</dd>
      </dl>
    </blockquote>
    <div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
    <div class="desc">
      
          <em>Description forthcoming.</em>
        
    </div>
    <hr width="50%" align="left" />
    <a href="#_GCMutableDictionary_ivars">Instance Variables</a>
    <br/><br/>
<a name="_GCMutableDictionary_ivars"/>    <br/><hr width="50%" align="left" />
    <h2>Instance Variables for GCMutableDictionary Class</h2>
    <h3><a name="ivariable$GCMutableDictionary*_map">_map</a></h3>
    @protected NSMapTable* <b>_map</b>;<br />
    <div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
    <div class="desc">
      
            <em>Warning</em> the underscore at the start of the
            name of this instance variable indicates that, even
            though it is not technically <em>private</em>, it is
            intended for internal use within the package, and
            you should not use the variable in other code.
          
    </div>
    <hr width="25%" align="left" />
    <h3><a name="ivariable$GCMutableDictionary*gc">gc</a></h3>
    @protected gcInfo <b>gc</b>;<br />
    <div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
    <div class="desc">
      
            <em>Description forthcoming.</em>
          
    </div>
    <hr width="25%" align="left" />
    <br/><hr width="50%" align="left" /><br/>

          <h1><a name="005000000000">
        Software documentation for the GCObject class
      </a></h1>
    <h2><a name="class$GCObject">GCObject</a> : NSObject</h2>
    <blockquote class="declared">
      <dl>
        <dt><b>Declared in:</b></dt>
        <dd>GNUstepBase/GCObject.h</dd>
      </dl>
    </blockquote>
    <div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
    <div class="desc">
      
          
    </p>
    <p>

            The GCObject class is both the base class for all
            garbage collected objects, and an infrastructure
            for handling garbage collection.
              </p>
    <p>
      
          
    </p>
    <p>

            It maintains a list of all garbage collectable objects
            and provides a method to run a garbage collection pass
            on those objects.
              </p>
    <p>
      
        
    </div>
    <hr width="50%" align="left" />
    <a href="#_GCObject_ivars">Instance Variables</a>
    <br/><br/>
    <b>Method summary</b>
    <ul>
      <li><a rel="gsdoc" href="GCObject.html#method$GCObject(Extra)-gcAlreadyVisited">-gcAlreadyVisited</a></li>
      <li><a rel="gsdoc" href="GCObject.html#method$GCObject(Extra)-gcNextObject">-gcNextObject</a></li>
      <li><a rel="gsdoc" href="GCObject.html#method$GCObject(Extra)-gcPreviousObject">-gcPreviousObject</a></li>
      <li><a rel="gsdoc" href="GCObject.html#method$GCObject(Extra)-gcSetNextObject$">-gcSetNextObject:</a></li>
      <li><a rel="gsdoc" href="GCObject.html#method$GCObject(Extra)-gcSetPreviousObject$">-gcSetPreviousObject:</a></li>
      <li><a rel="gsdoc" href="GCObject.html#method$GCObject(Extra)-gcSetVisited$">-gcSetVisited:</a></li>
      <li><a rel="gsdoc" href="GCObject.html#method$GCObject+gcCollectGarbage">+gcCollectGarbage</a></li>
      <li><a rel="gsdoc" href="GCObject.html#method$GCObject+gcIsCollecting">+gcIsCollecting</a></li>
      <li><a rel="gsdoc" href="GCObject.html#method$GCObject+gcObjectWillBeDeallocated$">+gcObjectWillBeDeallocated:</a></li>
      <li><a rel="gsdoc" href="GCObject.html#method$GCObject-gcDecrementRefCount">-gcDecrementRefCount</a></li>
      <li><a rel="gsdoc" href="GCObject.html#method$GCObject-gcDecrementRefCountOfContainedObjects">-gcDecrementRefCountOfContainedObjects</a></li>
      <li><a rel="gsdoc" href="GCObject.html#method$GCObject-gcIncrementRefCount">-gcIncrementRefCount</a></li>
      <li><a rel="gsdoc" href="GCObject.html#method$GCObject-gcIncrementRefCountOfContainedObjects">-gcIncrementRefCountOfContainedObjects</a></li>
    </ul>
    <hr width="50%" align="left" />
<div class="method">
    <h3><a name="method$GCObject+gcCollectGarbage">gcCollectGarbage&nbsp;</a></h3>
    + (void) <b>gcCollectGarbage</b>;<br />
    <div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
    <div class="desc">
      
            
    </p>
    <p>

              This method runs a garbage collection, causing
              unreferenced objects to be deallocated. This
              is done using a simple three pass algorithm -
                </p>
    <p>
      
            
      <dl>
        <dt>Pass 1</dt>
        <dd>
          
                All the garbage collectable objects are sent a
                <a rel="gsdoc" href="#method$GCObject-gcDecrementRefCountOfContainedObjects">-gcDecrementRefCountOfContainedObjects</a>
 message.
              
        </dd>
        <dt>Pass 2</dt>
        <dd>
          
                All objects having a refCount greater than 0 are
                sent an
                <a rel="gsdoc" href="#method$GCObject-gcIncrementRefCountOfContainedObjects">-gcIncrementRefCountOfContainedObjects</a>
 message.
              
        </dd>
        <dt>Pass 3</dt>
        <dd>
          
                All the objects that still have the refCount of 0
                are part of cyclic graphs and none of the objects
                from this graph are held by some object outside
                graph. These objects receive the
                
                  -dealloc
                

                message. In this method they should send the
                
                  -dealloc
                

                message to any garbage collectable (GCObject
                and subclass) instances they contain.
              
        </dd>
      </dl>
      
            
    </p>
    <p>

              During garbage collection, the
              <a rel="gsdoc" href="#method$GCObject+gcIsCollecting">
                +gcIsCollecting
              </a>

              method returns <code>YES</code>.
                </p>
    <p>
      
          
    </div>
    <hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
    <h3><a name="method$GCObject+gcIsCollecting">gcIsCollecting&nbsp;</a></h3>
    + (BOOL) <b>gcIsCollecting</b>;<br />
    <div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
    <div class="desc">
      
            Returns a flag to indicate whether a garbage
            collection is in progress.
          
    </div>
    <hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
    <h3><a name="method$GCObject+gcObjectWillBeDeallocated$">gcObjectWillBeDeallocated:&nbsp;</a></h3>
    + (void) <b>gcObjectWillBeDeallocated:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="#class$GCObject">GCObject</a>*)anObject;<br />
    <div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
    <div class="desc">
      
            Called to remove <var>anObject</var> from the list
            of garbage collectable objects. <br /> This method is
            provided so that classes which are not subclasses
            of GCObject (but which have the same initial instance
            variable layout) can use multiple inheritance
            (behaviors) to act as GCObject instances, but
            can have their own
            
              -dealloc
            

            methods. <br /> These classes should call this in
            their own
            
              -dealloc
            

            methods.
          
    </div>
    <hr width="25%" align="left" />
</div>
<div class="method">
    <h3><a name="method$GCObject-gcDecrementRefCount">gcDecrementRefCount&nbsp;</a></h3>
    - (void) <b>gcDecrementRefCount</b>;<br />
    <div class="availability">
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    <div class="desc">
      
            Decrements the garbage collection reference
            count for the receiver. <br />
          
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<div class="method">
    <h3><a name="method$GCObject-gcDecrementRefCountOfContainedObjects">gcDecrementRefCountOfContainedObjects&nbsp;</a></h3>
    - (void) <b>gcDecrementRefCountOfContainedObjects</b>;<br />
    <div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
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    <div class="desc">
      
            
    </p>
    <p>

              Marks the receiver as not having been visited in
              the current garbage collection process (first pass of
              collection).
                </p>
    <p>
      
            
    </p>
    <p>

              All container subclasses should override this method
              to call the super implementation then decrement the
              ref counts of their contents as well as sending the
              <a rel="gsdoc" href="#method$GCObject-gcDecrementRefCountOfContainedObjects">-gcDecrementRefCountOfContainedObjects</a>
 message to each of them.
                </p>
    <p>
      
          
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<div class="method">
    <h3><a name="method$GCObject-gcIncrementRefCount">gcIncrementRefCount&nbsp;</a></h3>
    - (void) <b>gcIncrementRefCount</b>;<br />
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    <div class="desc">
      
            Increments the garbage collection reference
            count for the receiver. <br />
          
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<div class="method">
    <h3><a name="method$GCObject-gcIncrementRefCountOfContainedObjects">gcIncrementRefCountOfContainedObjects&nbsp;</a></h3>
    - (BOOL) <b>gcIncrementRefCountOfContainedObjects</b>;<br />
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    <div class="desc">
      
            
    </p>
    <p>

              Checks to see if the receiver has already been
              visited in the current garbage collection
              process, and either marks the receiver as
              visited (and returns <code>YES</code>) or returns
              <code>NO</code> to indicate that it had already
              been visited.
                </p>
    <p>
      
            
    </p>
    <p>

              All container subclasses should override this method
              to call the super implementation then, if the method
              returns <code>YES</code>, increment the reference
              count of any contained objects and send the
              <a rel="gsdoc" href="#method$GCObject-gcIncrementRefCountOfContainedObjects">-gcIncrementRefCountOfContainedObjects</a>
 to each of the contained objects too.
                </p>
    <p>
      
          
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    <h2>Instance Variables for GCObject Class</h2>
    <h3><a name="ivariable$GCObject*gc">gc</a></h3>
    @protected gcInfo <b>gc</b>;<br />
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    <div class="desc">
      
            <em>Description forthcoming.</em>
          
    </div>
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          <h1><a name="006000000000">
        Software documentation for the GCObject(Extra)
        category
      </a></h1>
    <h2><a rel="gsdoc" href="#class$GCObject">GCObject</a>(<a name="category$GCObject(Extra)">Extra</a>)</h2>
    <blockquote class="declared">
      <dl>
        <dt><b>Declared in:</b></dt>
        <dd>GNUstepBase/GCObject.h</dd>
      </dl>
    </blockquote>
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          This category implements accessor methods for the
          instance variables used for garbage collecting.
          If/when we can ensure that all garbage collecting
          classes use the same initial ivar layout, we can
          remove these methods and the garbage collector can
          access the ivars directly, making a pretty big
          performance improvement during collecting. <br />
          NB. These methods must *only* be used by the garbage
          collecting process or in methods called from the
          garbage collector. Anything else is not thread-safe.
        
    </div>
    <b>Method summary</b>
    <ul>
      <li><a rel="gsdoc" href="GCObject.html#method$GCObject(Extra)-gcAlreadyVisited">-gcAlreadyVisited</a></li>
      <li><a rel="gsdoc" href="GCObject.html#method$GCObject(Extra)-gcNextObject">-gcNextObject</a></li>
      <li><a rel="gsdoc" href="GCObject.html#method$GCObject(Extra)-gcPreviousObject">-gcPreviousObject</a></li>
      <li><a rel="gsdoc" href="GCObject.html#method$GCObject(Extra)-gcSetNextObject$">-gcSetNextObject:</a></li>
      <li><a rel="gsdoc" href="GCObject.html#method$GCObject(Extra)-gcSetPreviousObject$">-gcSetPreviousObject:</a></li>
      <li><a rel="gsdoc" href="GCObject.html#method$GCObject(Extra)-gcSetVisited$">-gcSetVisited:</a></li>
    </ul>
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<div class="method">
    <h3><a name="method$GCObject(Extra)-gcAlreadyVisited">gcAlreadyVisited&nbsp;</a></h3>
    - (BOOL) <b>gcAlreadyVisited</b>;<br />
    <div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
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    <div class="desc">
      
            <em>Description forthcoming.</em>
          
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<div class="method">
    <h3><a name="method$GCObject(Extra)-gcNextObject">gcNextObject&nbsp;</a></h3>
    - (<a rel="gsdoc" href="#class$GCObject">GCObject</a>*) <b>gcNextObject</b>;<br />
    <div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
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    <div class="desc">
      
            <em>Description forthcoming.</em>
          
    </div>
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<div class="method">
    <h3><a name="method$GCObject(Extra)-gcPreviousObject">gcPreviousObject&nbsp;</a></h3>
    - (<a rel="gsdoc" href="#class$GCObject">GCObject</a>*) <b>gcPreviousObject</b>;<br />
    <div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
    <div class="desc">
      
            <em>Description forthcoming.</em>
          
    </div>
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<div class="method">
    <h3><a name="method$GCObject(Extra)-gcSetNextObject$">gcSetNextObject:&nbsp;</a></h3>
    - (<a rel="gsdoc" href="#class$GCObject">GCObject</a>*) <b>gcSetNextObject:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="#class$GCObject">GCObject</a>*)anObject;<br />
    <div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
    <div class="desc">
      
            <em>Description forthcoming.</em>
          
    </div>
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<div class="method">
    <h3><a name="method$GCObject(Extra)-gcSetPreviousObject$">gcSetPreviousObject:&nbsp;</a></h3>
    - (<a rel="gsdoc" href="#class$GCObject">GCObject</a>*) <b>gcSetPreviousObject:</b> (<a rel="gsdoc" href="#class$GCObject">GCObject</a>*)anObject;<br />
    <div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
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    <div class="desc">
      
            <em>Description forthcoming.</em>
          
    </div>
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<div class="method">
    <h3><a name="method$GCObject(Extra)-gcSetVisited$">gcSetVisited:&nbsp;</a></h3>
    - (void) <b>gcSetVisited:</b> (BOOL)flag;<br />
    <div class="availability">
<b>Availability:</b> OpenStep</div>
<br />
    <div class="desc">
      
            <em>Description forthcoming.</em>
          
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