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Re: apple blocks extension
- From: Steven Bosscher <stevenb dot gcc at gmail dot com>
- To: "Vincent R." <forumer at smartmobili dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:46:49 +0200
- Subject: Re: apple blocks extension
- References: <636199343f6e2ed0f0a482615b4d1435@mail.smartmobili.com>
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Vincent R. <forumer@smartmobili.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just was curious to know if closures in apple gcc(called blocks from
> what I read) is
> also in mainline.
> What is the status about this extension ?
Hi,
The status is that there is no status, unfortunately (it's an
interesting extension...).
This extension is not presently implemented in the FSF GCC.
AFAIU there is no reason to believe Apple will contribute patches to
implement it.
Is there even a formal spec for the language extension?
Ciao!
Steven