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Re: [objc-improvements-branch] About to start ObjC++
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Ziemowit Laski |
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Re: [objc-improvements-branch] About to start ObjC++ |
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Wed, 21 Jan 2004 12:38:25 -0800 |
On 21 Jan, 2004, at 3.08, David Ayers wrote:
Ziemowit Laski wrote:
Hello,
This is just a friendly heads-up that the objc-improvements-branch,
previously used to integrate Apple's ObjC fixes into the mainline,
shall henceforth be used to develop the Objective-C++ front-end,
to be integrated into mailine 3.5 upon completion.
Hello Zem,
Thanks, I have a few questions which you could maybe address.
Will the objc++ frontend work with the GNU runtime?
If not, will you accept patches to the branch to make it work, even if
this entails restructuring the code in general (potentially even
require tweaking the NeXT/Apple runtime)?
I see absolutely no reason why the GNU runtime should be affected,
since ObjC++ will be using the objc-act.c bits already in place.
Irrespective of that, you are of course welcome to submit patches
and/or suggestions. :-)
Are there any other platform dependencies that you are already aware
of (i.e. other that the potential dependency on the Apple Runtime)?
IIRC, it was mentioned, that this is a new frontend which will make
use of some of the source files (e.g. objc-act.c) in the current objc
frontend. I expect that there are some tweaks needed, so we should
continue testing the objc frontend of the branch, right?
It can't hurt, although any changes to objc-act.c will most likely be
C++-specific (and C++-conditional), so there shouldn't be much of a
problem.
Are you planing to do the merge into mainline in coherent pieces or an
all-in-one merge as previously? (In which case, I would like to
kindly ask you to post not only meaningful ChangeLogs, but the patches
to the branch itself, please.)
OK, I'll post the diffs along with the ChangeLogs.
Also, FYI, now that mainline is open again, I'm planning to bring some
of the cleanup patches and Class <Protocol> support from last year
back up to date, as soon as I can spare some cycles. (It might take
two or three weeks from now though.)
Sure; that would be great!
--Zem
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- Re: [objc-improvements-branch] About to start ObjC++, (continued)
- Re: [objc-improvements-branch] About to start ObjC++, Alexander Malmberg, 2004/01/20
- Re: [objc-improvements-branch] About to start ObjC++, David Ayers, 2004/01/21
- Re: [objc-improvements-branch] About to start ObjC++, steve naroff, 2004/01/21
- Re: [objc-improvements-branch] About to start ObjC++, David Ayers, 2004/01/21
- Re: [objc-improvements-branch] About to start ObjC++, Pascal J . Bourguignon, 2004/01/21
- Re: [objc-improvements-branch] About to start ObjC++, Mike Stump, 2004/01/21
- Re: [objc-improvements-branch] About to start ObjC++, Marcel Weiher, 2004/01/21
- Re: [objc-improvements-branch] About to start ObjC++, Marcel Weiher, 2004/01/21
- Re: [objc-improvements-branch] About to start ObjC++, steve naroff, 2004/01/21
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