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SystemStats::getOperatingSystemType assertion fails on macOS 11.1

MacOSX and iOS
#1

Apple just released macOS 11.1 (which should hopefully fix all the problems on my M1), and this breaks an implicit assumption by juce::SystemStats::getOperatingSystemType - which the update was expected to be a 11.0.X (Apple stayed on version 10 for two decades, are they going to jump version every year now?).

Everyone is likely to hit this assertion as the constructor of juce::TopLevelWindow happens to call it.

Suggested fix at https://github.com/soundradix/JUCE/commit/d35ca96c50772c767c2e8c0a9f80173c78fc213a,

Note how it also renames juce::SystemStats::MacOSX_11_0 to juce::SystemStats::MacOSX_11 to reflect this naming scheme shift by Apple.

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Hitting Jasserts OSX 11.1
#2

In case such renaming is considered generally, shouldn’t it be named MacOS_11 (without the X) then to really reflect the naming of the operating system? :wink:

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#3

True! Possibly too late for the macOS 10 constants because old user code may have them, but certainly for the new one!

#4

Thanks for raising this, I’ve fixed the assertion and updated the naming:

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#5

perhaps
MacOS = 0x0100,
MacOSX = MacOS, // deprecated

though officially its macOS, so might be better if new names reflect this too?
so

macOS = 0x0100,
MacOSX = macOS, // deprecated

…

macOS_11 = macOS | 16,

btw: 11.1 is now released.
I guess we will see a few new releases in relatively quick succession)

(I didnt think the MACOSX_10 was that bad, given X=10 :wink: )