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Pending issues wrt integrating objc-improvements-branch with mainline
- From: Ziemowit Laski <zlaski at apple dot com>
- To: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: gcc List <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>, Ron Price <ronp at apple dot com>
- Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 18:01:23 -0700
- Subject: Pending issues wrt integrating objc-improvements-branch with mainline
Hi Mark,
As you may have noticed, I have been furiously keeping
objc-improvements-branch up-to-date wrt your changes in C++ land;
presently,
I'm merging mainline's sources as of yesterday (i.e., Aug 1), and very
shortly I expect objc-improvements-branch to be up-to-date
and ready for integration back into the mainline.
At this point, I have two questions regarding how to proceed (along
with proposed solutions :-)).
(1) How should I discharge my obligation regarding ObjC++
documentation? Given that there is next to no _ObjC_ documentation
in GCC at present :-), I am tempted to simply point GCC users at
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ObjectiveC/
index.html
which discusses both ObjC and ObjC++. Would this be OK, and if so,
where should I insert it?
(2) How would you like me to stage the actual integration once it is
ready to happen? To minimize the burden placed on other maintainers,
I propose to break this down as follows:
(a1) Merge in (minor) changes to the C front-end;
(a2) Merge in changes specific to the objc/ and testsuite/objc*
directories;
(b) Merge in the c-objc-common and cp/cp-objcp-common
lang-hooks rewrite (this basically just moves stuff around);
(c1) Merge in changes to the C++ front-end; aside from a big new
chunk going into cp/parser.c, these are also minor;
(c2) Merge in the objcp/ and testsuite/obj-c++.dg/ directories.
This assumes that (a1) and (a2) occur quasi-simultaneously,
followed by (b) and then by (c1)-(c2) (also quasi-simultaneously).
I can carry out (a2) and (c2) under my ObjC/ObjC++ mullah powers,
but will need global maintainer approval for the other three.
I look forward to your feedback.
Thanks,
--Zem
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