Completely rewrote the OS X map system to use NSMapTable correctly and hide the details behind more wrapper functions to prevent further mass rewrites; this fixes most of the crashing issues on OS X. The one with package ui still stands...

darwin/button.m

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ struct uiButton {
 };
 
 @interface buttonDelegateClass : NSObject {
-	NSMapTable *buttons;
+	struct mapTable *buttons;
 }
 - (IBAction)onClicked:(id)sender;
 - (void)registerButton:(uiButton *)b;
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@ struct uiButton {
 
 - (void)dealloc
 {
-	if ([self->buttons count] != 0)
+	mapDestroy(self->buttons);
-		complain("attempt to destroy shared button delegate but buttons are still registered to it");
-	[self->buttons release];
 	[super dealloc];
 }
 
@@ -52,7 +50,7 @@ struct uiButton {
 - (void)unregisterButton:(uiButton *)b
 {
 	[b->button setTarget:nil];
-	[self->buttons removeObjectForKey:b->button];
+	mapDelete(self->buttons, b->button);
 }
 
 @end

darwin/checkbox.m

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ struct uiCheckbox {
 };
 
 @interface checkboxDelegateClass : NSObject {
-	NSMapTable *buttons;
+	struct mapTable *buttons;
 }
 - (IBAction)onToggled:(id)sender;
 - (void)registerCheckbox:(uiCheckbox *)c;
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@ struct uiCheckbox {
 
 - (void)dealloc
 {
-	if ([self->buttons count] != 0)
+	mapDestroy(self->buttons);
-		complain("attempt to destroy shared checkbox delegate but checkboxes are still registered to it");
-	[self->buttons release];
 	[super dealloc];
 }
 
@@ -52,7 +50,7 @@ struct uiCheckbox {
 - (void)unregisterCheckbox:(uiCheckbox *)c
 {
 	[c->button setTarget:nil];
-	[self->buttons removeObjectForKey:c->button];
+	mapDelete(self->buttons, c->button);
 }
 
 @end

darwin/combobox.m

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ struct uiCombobox {
 };
 
 @interface comboboxDelegateClass : NSObject<NSComboBoxDelegate> {
-	NSMapTable *comboboxes;
+	struct mapTable *comboboxes;
 }
 - (void)comboBoxSelectionDidChange:(NSNotification *)note;
 - (IBAction)onSelected:(id)sender;
@@ -53,9 +53,7 @@ struct uiCombobox {
 
 - (void)dealloc
 {
-	if ([self->comboboxes count] != 0)
+	mapDestroy(self->comboboxes);
-		complain("attempt to destroy shared combobox delegate but comboboxes are still registered to it");
-	[self->comboboxes release];
 	[super dealloc];
 }
 
@@ -93,7 +91,7 @@ struct uiCombobox {
 		[c->cb setDelegate:nil];
 	else
 		[c->pb setTarget:nil];
-	[self->comboboxes removeObjectForKey:c->handle];
+	mapDelete(self->comboboxes, c->handle);
 }
 
 @end

darwin/entry.m

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ struct uiEntry {
 };
 
 @interface entryDelegateClass : NSObject<NSTextFieldDelegate> {
-	NSMapTable *entries;
+	struct mapTable *entries;
 }
 - (void)controlTextDidChange:(NSNotification *)note;
 - (void)registerEntry:(uiEntry *)e;
@@ -47,9 +47,7 @@ struct uiEntry {
 
 - (void)dealloc
 {
-	if ([self->entries count] != 0)
+	mapDestroy(self->entries);
-		complain("attempt to destroy shared entry delegate but entries are still registered to it");
-	[self->entries release];
 	[super dealloc];
 }
 
@@ -70,7 +68,7 @@ struct uiEntry {
 - (void)unregisterEntry:(uiEntry *)e
 {
 	[e->textfield setDelegate:nil];
-	[self->entries removeObjectForKey:e->textfield];
+	mapDelete(self->entries, e->textfield);
 }
 
 @end

darwin/map.m

@@ -1,29 +1,44 @@
 // 17 august 2015
 #import "uipriv_darwin.h"
 
-// TODO are the NSValues (or worse, the NSMapTable) being garbage collected underfoot? open menuless window and check the checkbox; crash the package ui test when closing the main window; etc.
+// TODO are the NSValues (or worse, the NSMapTable) being garbage collected underfoot? crash the package ui test when closing the main window; etc.
 
 // unfortunately NSMutableDictionary copies its keys, meaning we can't use it for pointers
 // hence, this file
+// we could expose a NSMapTable directly, but let's treat all pointers as opaque and hide the implementation, just to be safe and prevent even more rewrites later
+struct mapTable {
+	NSMapTable *m;
+};
 
-NSMapTable *newMap(void)
+struct mapTable *newMap(void)
 {
-	return [NSMapTable mapTableWithKeyOptions:(NSPointerFunctionsOpaqueMemory | NSPointerFunctionsOpaquePersonality)
+	struct mapTable *m;
-		valueOptions:NSPointerFunctionsOpaqueMemory];
+
+	m = uiNew(struct mapTable);
+	m->m = [NSMapTable mapTableWithKeyOptions:(NSPointerFunctionsOpaqueMemory | NSPointerFunctionsOpaquePersonality)
+		valueOptions:(NSPointerFunctionsOpaqueMemory | NSPointerFunctionsOpaquePersonality)];
+	return m;
 }
 
-void *mapGet(NSMapTable *map, id key)
+void mapDestroy(struct mapTable *m)
 {
-	NSValue *v;
+	if ([m->m count] != 0)
-
+		complain("attempt to destroy map with items inside; did you forget to deallocate something?");
-	v = (NSValue *) [map objectForKey:key];
+	[m->m release];
-	return [v pointerValue];
+	uiFree(m);
 }
 
-void mapSet(NSMapTable *map, id key, void *value)
+void *mapGet(struct mapTable *m, void *key)
 {
-	NSValue *v;
+	return NSMapGet(m->m, key);
-
+}
-	v = [NSValue valueWithPointer:value];
+
-	[map setObject:v forKey:key];
+void mapSet(struct mapTable *m, void *key, void *value)
+{
+	NSMapInsert(m->m, key, value);
+}
+
+void mapDelete(struct mapTable *m, void *key)
+{
+	NSMapRemove(m->m, key);
 }

darwin/menu.m

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ enum {
 
 - (void)dealloc
 {
-	[self->items release];
+	mapDestroy(self->items);
 	[super dealloc];
 }
 

darwin/slider.m

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ struct uiSlider {
 };
 
 @interface sliderDelegateClass : NSObject {
-	NSMapTable *sliders;
+	struct mapTable *sliders;
 }
 - (IBAction)onChanged:(id)sender;
 - (void)registerSlider:(uiSlider *)b;
@@ -48,9 +48,7 @@ struct uiSlider {
 
 - (void)dealloc
 {
-	if ([self->sliders count] != 0)
+	mapDestroy(self->sliders);
-		complain("attempt to destroy shared slider delegate but sliders are still registered to it");
-	[self->sliders release];
 	[super dealloc];
 }
 
@@ -72,7 +70,7 @@ struct uiSlider {
 - (void)unregisterSlider:(uiSlider *)s
 {
 	[s->slider setTarget:nil];
-	[self->sliders removeObjectForKey:s->slider];
+	mapDelete(self->sliders, s->slider);
 }
 
 @end

darwin/uipriv_darwin.h

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 // menu.m
 @interface menuManager : NSObject {
-	NSMapTable *items;
+	struct mapTable *items;
 	BOOL hasQuit;
 	BOOL hasPreferences;
 	BOOL hasAbout;
@@ -64,9 +64,11 @@ extern void layoutSingleView(NSView *, NSView *, int);
 extern NSSize fittingAlignmentSize(NSView *);
 
 // map.m
-extern NSMapTable *newMap(void);
+extern struct mapTable *newMap(void);
-extern void *mapGet(NSMapTable *map, id key);
+extern void mapDestroy(struct mapTable *m);
-extern void mapSet(NSMapTable *map, id key, void *value);
+extern void *mapGet(struct mapTable *m, void *key);
+extern void mapSet(struct mapTable *m, void *key, void *value);
+extern void mapDelete(struct mapTable *m, void *key);
 
 // area.m
 extern int sendAreaEvents(NSEvent *);

darwin/window.m

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ struct uiWindow {
 };
 
 @interface windowDelegateClass : NSObject<NSWindowDelegate> {
-	NSMapTable *windows;
+	struct mapTable *windows;
 }
 - (BOOL)windowShouldClose:(id)sender;
 - (void)registerWindow:(uiWindow *)w;
@@ -31,9 +31,7 @@ struct uiWindow {
 
 - (void)dealloc
 {
-	if ([self->windows count] != 0)
+	mapDestroy(self->windows);
-		complain("attempt to destroy shared window delegate but windows are still registered to it");
-	[self->windows release];
 	[super dealloc];
 }
 
@@ -57,17 +55,16 @@ struct uiWindow {
 - (void)unregisterWindow:(uiWindow *)w
 {
 	[w->window setDelegate:nil];
-	[self->windows removeObjectForKey:w->window];
+	mapDelete(self->windows, w->window);
 }
 
 - (uiWindow *)lookupWindow:(NSWindow *)w
 {
-	NSValue *v;
+	uiWindow *v;
 
-	v = (NSValue *) [self->windows objectForKey:w];
+	v = (uiWindow *) mapGet(self->windows, w);
-	if (v == nil)		// just in case we're called with some OS X-provided window as the key window
+	// this CAN (and IS ALLOWED TO) return NULL, just in case we're called with some OS X-provided window as the key window
-		return NULL;
+	return v;
-	return (uiWindow *) [v pointerValue];
 }
 
 @end