Re: CoreBase parse errors with ARC enabled

[Jens Alfke]

Looks like the issue is with the declaration of CFString — here's the snippet 
from CFBase.h:

> #if __OBJC__
> @class NSString;
> @class NSMutableString;
> typedef NSString * CFStringRef;
> typedef NSMutableString * CFMutableStringRef; 
> #else
> typedef const struct __CFString * CFStringRef;
> typedef struct __CFString * CFMutableStringRef;
> #endif

This definitely isn't going to work with ARC, since it declares CFStringRef as 
an Objective-C object and gets the compiler involved in the refcounting of 
them. That causes trouble with the inline code in CFString.h, as I already 
found, and of course it'll be incompatible with any CFString-using code being 
ported from Apple platforms, which will be using manual CFRetain/CFRelease.

I can start messing with CFBase.h to remedy this, but I'm wondering if this is 
just the tip of the iceberg. I was already worried about CoreBase being 
numbered "0.1" and not being included in GNUstep … is it at all supported? Or 
would I be taking on a big development task to get it to work with my code?

—Jens