Re: macOS/GCC support policy

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2019 22:39:58 +0100
> From: Alan Third <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden
> 
> > > We’ve had to remove blocks from Emacs code before because gcc doesn’t
> > > support them, however Emacs can’t be built with gcc on recent (like,
> > > the last decade or something) versions of macOS anyway. I don’t really
> > > understand the logic, but it’s not my project.
> > > 
> > > I think it’s really up to Eli and/or RMS.
> > 
> > I don't think I understand the issue well enough to say anything
> > intelligent.  What are "ObjC blocks", and why this patch cannot do
> > without them?
> 
> I found the previous thread about removing them from macfont.m:
> 
>     https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2017-12/msg00301.html

Thanks.

What exactly prevents building with GCC on macOS?