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Re: ObjC improvements and ObjC++
> Some of the details are tricky, yes. But just to state the obvious: we
> are not talking about extensions to C++, and we are not talking about
> changing the behavior of cc1plus. We're talking about a new front
> end.
Oh -- that wasn't obvious to me! :-) I'd actually rather it wasn't a
new front end; reducing the number of executables rather than increasing
them was where I was hoping to go: one combined
C/C++/Objective-C/Objective-C++ executable.
> A pure extension seems like an unusually safe change. I'm quite
> convinced that this work won't cause any cc1objplus regressions!
:-)
However, the "if (OBJECTIVE_CPLUSPLUS)" bits in the C++ front end will
still add to the complexity; that's why I want to see the specs that
tell me what (for example) the new overload rules are. Otherwise, I
won't be able to make changes to the overloading code with confidence.
Yours,
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Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com>
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