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Hey all,

I'm trying to use swftc to typecheck very simple snippets of code, but I'm having an issue with @NSApplicationMain.

import AppKit

@NSApplicationMain
class ClassA: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate {
    func applicationDidFinishLaunching(_ aNotification: Notification) {}
}

swiftc -sdk $(xcrun --show-sdk-path --sdk macosx) -typecheck test.swift

test.swift:3:1: error: 'NSApplicationMain' attribute cannot be used in a module that contains top-level code
@NSApplicationMain
^
test.swift:1:1: note: top-level code defined in this source file
import AppKit
^

Naming the file main.swift has no affect, and I don't see any compiler options that relate to entry points? What's the magic ingredient I'm missing here?

2

I believe this only works if you pass -parse-as-library to swiftc.

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We should probably detect that while this file could have top-level code it doesn't in practice. Can you file a bug?

4

Bingo! Thanks @saagarjha

5

Just a quick head up: NSApplicationMain will call exit(1) if you don't have things like a valid Info.plist, etc. that are required for an application. Make sure they exist!