ObjC improvements and ObjC++

[Mark Mitchell]

On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 11:04, David Edelsohn wrote:
> >>>>> Mark Mitchell writes:
> 
> Stan> Now that Apple's developers are happily banging away on Panther
> Stan> and Xcode and GCC 3.3, we have an opportunity to get local work
> Stan> on Objective-C into FSF GCC 3.4, and to get started on Obj-C++
> Stan> as well.
> 
> Mark> The overall plan makes sense to me -- but I don't think 3.4 is a
> Mark> realistic target.  Stage 1 for GCC 3.4 is already closed, and this is
> Mark> inevitably going to be a major change.  I'm also going to be staring at
> Mark> the C++ changes very carefully before they go in; the basic "mutually
> Mark> oblivious" strategy makes sense, but the devil is in those dang
> Mark> details.  (Overload resolution for Objective-C classes?  Template
> Mark> deduction?  Etc.)
> 
> 	Is your comment about Stage 1 referring to the Objective-C work or
> the Objective-C++ work?  The Objective-C changes are very localized and
> should be considered bug fixes.

I'm sorry for being unclear.

I agree -- bug fixes for Objective-C are no problem.  It's the new
Objective-C++ language that I think needs to wait until Stage 1 of GCC
3.5.

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