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

[David Ayers]

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.

Hello Zem,

Thanks, I have a few questions which you could maybe address.

Will the objc++ frontend work with the GNU runtime?
If not, will you accept patches to the branch to make it work, even if 
this entails restructuring the code in general (potentially even require 
tweaking the NeXT/Apple runtime)?
Are there any other platform dependencies that you are already aware of 
(i.e. other that the potential dependency on the Apple Runtime)?
IIRC, it was mentioned, that this is a new frontend which will make use 
of some of the source files (e.g. objc-act.c) in the current objc 
frontend.  I expect that there are some tweaks needed, so we should 
continue testing the objc frontend of the branch, right?

Are you planing to do the merge into mainline in coherent pieces or an 
all-in-one merge as previously?  (In which case, I would like to kindly 
ask you to post not only meaningful ChangeLogs, but the patches to the 
branch itself, please.)

Also, FYI, now that mainline is open again, I'm planning to bring some 
of the cleanup patches and Class <Protocol> support from last year back 
up to date, as soon as I can spare some cycles. (It might take two or 
three weeks from now though.)

Cheers,
David