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

[Steve Naroff]

As Zem says, if you aren't programming in C++ (or using any libraries 
written in C++), ObjC++ isn't "for you".

For developers that have existing C++ code, Objective-C++ allows them 
to integrate it without being forced to "wrap" everything explicitly 
(using functions). It also supports aggregation...that is, ObjC objects 
can reference C++ objects (and vice-versa). The type systems remain 
distinct (or "mutually oblivious", as Zem likes to say). That's the 
short story.

snaroff

On Jan 22, 2004, at 12:58 PM, Ziemowit Laski wrote:

> On 22 Jan 2004, at 9.36, Travis Griggs 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.
> > > Once objc-improvements-branch becomes even minimally usable, I'll
> > > send out another notice so that folks can try it out.
> >
> > I'm a lurker. I play with ObjC now and then again and have toyed with 
> > using it on our dedicated processing machines. Though the Gnustep 
> > group seems to be focused on building an objc desktop environment, I 
> > benefit in a side-affect way because of the great work they do in 
> > providing a good base library.
> >
> > So my question for you is, what do your efforts mean for me as a 
> > simple application programmer? I abhor C++ the language (some of the 
> > semantic compiler improvements such as declare variables anywhere are 
> > nice). Do I get to look forward to C++ idioms infecting the base 
> > library?
>
> Well, I don't work on GNUStep and can't speak for its developers, but 
> I'd suspect they would be as averse to the infestation as you are... 
> :-)  At any rate, ObjC++ will be just another front-end, sitting 
> alongside ObjC, and no one will be forced to use it. :-)
>
> --Zem
>
>
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