Re: [objc-improvements-branch] About to start ObjC++

[Ziemowit Laski <zlaski at apple dot com>]

On 21 Jan, 2004, at 3.08, David Ayers wrote:

> Ziemowit Laski wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > This is just a friendly heads-up that the objc-improvements-branch,
> > previously used to integrate Apple's ObjC fixes into the mainline,
> > shall henceforth be used to develop the Objective-C++ front-end,
> > to be integrated into mailine 3.5 upon completion.
>
> Hello Zem,
>
> Thanks, I have a few questions which you could maybe address.
>
> Will the objc++ frontend work with the GNU runtime?
> If not, will you accept patches to the branch to make it work, even if 
> this entails restructuring the code in general (potentially even 
> require tweaking the NeXT/Apple runtime)?

I see absolutely no reason why the GNU runtime should be affected, 
since ObjC++ will be using the objc-act.c bits already in place.  
Irrespective of that, you are of course welcome to submit patches 
and/or suggestions. :-)

> Are there any other platform dependencies that you are already aware 
> of (i.e. other that the potential dependency on the Apple Runtime)?
> IIRC, it was mentioned, that this is a new frontend which will make 
> use of some of the source files (e.g. objc-act.c) in the current objc 
> frontend.  I expect that there are some tweaks needed, so we should 
> continue testing the objc frontend of the branch, right?

It can't hurt, although any changes to objc-act.c will most likely be 
C++-specific (and C++-conditional), so there shouldn't be much of a 
problem.

> Are you planing to do the merge into mainline in coherent pieces or an 
> all-in-one merge as previously?  (In which case, I would like to 
> kindly ask you to post not only meaningful ChangeLogs, but the patches 
> to the branch itself, please.)

OK, I'll post the diffs along with the ChangeLogs.
> Also, FYI, now that mainline is open again, I'm planning to bring some 
> of the cleanup patches and Class <Protocol> support from last year 
> back up to date, as soon as I can spare some cycles. (It might take 
> two or three weeks from now though.)

Sure; that would be great!

--Zem
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