Re: Abiword/GNUStep ?

[stefan]

Hi,

>> > Did anyone consider making GNUStep frontend to ABiword ? Since they
>> have
>> Cocoa
>> > version under development, it should be doable - it would be a nice
>> addition
>> > to GNUstep app collection and good testbed for libraries.
>>
>> Yes, I've had discussions with Hubert on this specific issue, and the
>> blocker at this point is ObjC++ support in GCC, which AbiCocoa requires.
>> This will be in GCC 4.0, so whenever GCC 4.0 is out, work on the actual
>> porting can begin.
>>
>> Until ObjC++ support is in GCC, it's a pipe dream.
>
> Theoretically, a C "bridge" could be created for the classes in C++ and
> those C
> functions and structs could be used from ObjC, but it's more trouble than
> it's
> worth.
Have fun :-) I did this with WebCore and regualry end up with a (not only,
but especially) debugging nightmare. Problem is that creating wrapper
functions by hand is very error-prone. And it's boring :-) Now i'm sitting
here waiting for ObjC++.

Btw: i thought ObjC++ would be gcc 3.5?

greets
Stefan