Re: can't use @protocol in +load

[David Ayers]

Jeremy Bettis wrote:

> Ok, I am replying to my own message.
>
> There is a problem in gcc's @protocol handling.
>
> The runtime has no information about protocols which are referenced by code
> but not by classes in that module.
>  
[snip]

> I'd like to change gcc to use a symtab like NeXT's.  I know I am going to
> have to patch both gcc and libobjc, which will be painful, where do I send
> those patches where I can get some reasonable hope of them being accepted?
>  
Hi Jeremy,

I've only had a quick glance at this but do not have enough insight to 
understand it yet.  But my current interpretation is that you can 
currently only rely on the protocols the receiver declares being 
initialized during +load.  You can file a bug report for it here:

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/

for libobjc or objc.
Good luck!

Cheers,
David