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Re: PROPOSED PATCH: Robustify cp_fold_obj_type_ref() for ObjC++ use


gdr@cs.tamu.edu (Gabriel Dos Reis)  wrote on 20.09.04 in <m34qlsi6rj.fsf@merlin.cs.tamu.edu>:

> That is becoming ridiculous.  Why do Objective-C++ people want to
> modify the C++ front-end with C++ maintainers having no say?  Why is
> it that when it comes to Objective-C++, do some otherwise respectable
> people at Apple come with those games?  After "vapor ware",
> "brutalize", what is next?

Frankly, looking in from the outside, while I'd probably use a different  
vocabulary, I think I share the feeling.

Nobody wants to have the C++ maintainers not to have a say.

What irritates people is that at least some C++ maintainers use their say  
in a way that certainly *looks* like a barely disguised way to make the  
life harder for Objective-C++ on entirely nontechnical grounds. This is  
beginning to look rather ugly.

As someone who looks forward to using Objective-C++ on Linux and MinGW  
(i.e., in entirely Apple-free contexts), this worries me.

MfG Kai


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