Will 2.95.4 ship with new libobjc ?

[Nicola Pero]

Hi Bernd -

here is a suggestion/request for gcc-2.95.4. 


The current state of Objective-C support in gcc 3.x seems to be that - 

 * the compiler itself is broken (can't compile protocols);

 * libobjc instead is in great shape and much better than the one which
ships with gcc 2.95.x.

Currently, most people using Objective-C will use a 2.x compiler, but
install the libobjc from the CVS HEAD (you find it packaged standalone on
the net).


Would it be possible to ship the newer libobjc with gcc 2.95.4 ?  That
would make gcc-2.95.4 definitely the best existing choice for Objective-C,
and would simplify our life.


As far as I know, the newer libobjc is totally stable - more stable than
the one which ships with gcc-2.95.3 as some thread fixings have been done.

The main changes which have been done are: 

 * libobjc now builds as shared as well;
 * importatnt fixes for threads;
 * a couple of new useful hooks (harmless in all other respects) have been
   added.

These changes are also the reason why we use the newer libobjc.

I have no notice of bugs in it.  It is in quite widespread use (unlike the
gcc-3.x objective-c compiler which nobody uses since it doesn't work), so
it shouldn't be a risk at all to port it to gcc-2.95.4.