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Re: Will 2.95.4 ship with new libobjc ?
- To: Nicola Pero <nicola at brainstorm dot co dot uk>
- Subject: Re: Will 2.95.4 ship with new libobjc ?
- From: Bernd Schmidt <bernds at redhat dot com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 13:28:08 +0100 (BST)
- Cc: <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Nicola Pero wrote:
> The current state of Objective-C support in gcc 3.x seems to be that -
>
> * the compiler itself is broken (can't compile protocols);
>
> * libobjc instead is in great shape and much better than the one which
> ships with gcc 2.95.x.
>
> Currently, most people using Objective-C will use a 2.x compiler, but
> install the libobjc from the CVS HEAD (you find it packaged standalone on
> the net).
>
>
> Would it be possible to ship the newer libobjc with gcc 2.95.4 ? That
> would make gcc-2.95.4 definitely the best existing choice for Objective-C,
> and would simplify our life.
I'll listen to what the objc maintainers have to say to this proposabl, but
it seems to me that fixing objc for 3.0 would be a better plan.
Bernd