From ce421c6d05c7855ce50d0377362096f258335d4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arslaan Pathan <arslaan@arslaancodes.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2026 19:08:12 +1300
Subject: Debugging stuff and basic PXObject test

---
 include/Paradox/Core.h   |  2 ++
 include/Paradox/Object.h |  8 +++++++-
 meson.build              |  6 ++++++
 src/Object.m             | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 tests/Object.m           | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tests/Object.m

diff --git a/include/Paradox/Core.h b/include/Paradox/Core.h
index 2506399..44ed514 100644
--- a/include/Paradox/Core.h
+++ b/include/Paradox/Core.h
@@ -2,5 +2,7 @@
 #define PARADOX_CORE_H
 
 #include <Paradox/Object.h>
+#include <objc/objc.h>
+#include <objc/runtime.h>
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/Paradox/Object.h b/include/Paradox/Object.h
index e51c733..a4ef7f8 100644
--- a/include/Paradox/Object.h
+++ b/include/Paradox/Object.h
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 #ifndef PARADOX_OBJECT_H
 #define PARADOX_OBJECT_H
 
-@interface PXObject
+#include <objc/objc.h>
+#include <objc/runtime.h>
+
+@interface PXObject {
+	Class isa;
+}
 + (instancetype)alloc;
++ (instancetype)allocDebug;
 - (instancetype)init;
 - (void)dealloc;
 @end
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index aa9cc96..a97cc69 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -19,5 +19,11 @@ install_headers(
   subdir: 'paradox'
 )
 
+test_deps = []
+test_deps += dependency('libobjc')
+test_deps += declare_dependency(link_with: paradox, include_directories: inc, dependencies: deps)
+
+executable('Object', 'tests/Object.m', dependencies: test_deps)
+
 pkg = import('pkgconfig')
 pkg.generate(paradox, subdirs: 'paradox', version: '0.0.1', name: 'paradox', filebase: 'paradox', description: 'Application framework for Objective-C built from first principles.', requires: ['libobjc'])
diff --git a/src/Object.m b/src/Object.m
index d6fd2cb..71a2a7d 100644
--- a/src/Object.m
+++ b/src/Object.m
@@ -1,11 +1,24 @@
 #include <Paradox/Object.h>
 #include <objc/objc.h>
 #include <objc/runtime.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 
 @implementation PXObject 
 
 + (instancetype)alloc {
-	return (id)class_createInstance(self, 0);
+	return class_createInstance(self, 0);
+}
+
++ (instancetype)allocDebug {
+	printf("alloc: self = %p\n", (void*)self);
+	printf("alloc: instance size = %zu\n", class_getInstanceSize(self));
+	printf("alloc: sizeof(Class) = %zu\n", sizeof(Class));
+
+	id object = [self alloc];
+
+	printf("alloc: object = %p\n", (void*)object);
+
+	return object;
 }
 
 - (instancetype)init {
diff --git a/tests/Object.m b/tests/Object.m
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be81b1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Object.m
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#include <Paradox/Core.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int main(void) {
+	printf("PXObject test\n");
+
+	PXObject *object = [PXObject allocDebug];
+
+	if (object == nil) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "PXObject failed to alloc :c\n");
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	object = [object init];
+
+	if (object == nil) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "PXObject failed to init :c\n");
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	[object dealloc];
+
+	printf("If you got this far without segfaulting or crashing it means it allocated and initialized a PXObject, then deallocated it. Yayayayayay\n");
+
+	return 0;
+}
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