Re: HNUstep and Garbage Collection

[Adrian Robert]

On Mar 8, 2006, at 1:53 AM, Lloyd Dupont wrote:

> Does GNUstep support Garbage Collection?
> Does it works well?
> What if I want to used a GCed - GNUstep to port a Mac application  
> to windows.
> Would the retain/release be disregarded and be taken over by the GC?
>
> Finally how does the reference couting work and when does the  
> collection occurs?

Most of this is answered here:

http://gnustep.org/resources/documentation/Developer/Base/ 
ProgrammingManual/manual_3.html#SEC49

Note, however, a quick look at the source shows that the macros  
mentioned here are unneeded -- if GNUstep is compiled with GC, - 
retain and -release impls are #ifdef'd out.

Also, there has been rumbling in the past that the combination of  
Boehm-GC / ObjC / GNUstep does not operate 100% reliably..  I have no  
personal experience in this area, but you might dig around in  
archives to find more.

(I thought from the subject line this was a question about GNUstep on  
the Zaurus.. ;)