Re: LLVM

[Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller]

> I feel we need to try to get objc-2.0 for gnustep, but if we do that  
> by using a less widely available compiler we'll have to somehow try  
> to keep support for people who need to use gcc with the current gnu  
> runtime and that would probably be difficult.  That wouldn't stop me  
> going ahead and incorporating objc-2.0 features using LLVM though.

This brings me back to the idea of using a preprocessor that  
translates objc-2.0 to 1.0. This would have the great benefit that it  
works with *any* objc-1.0 compiler that is already available. I did  
already create some initial work. So if someone wants to support this  
approach, we can form a new small project around this:

http://www.quantum-step.com/download/sources/mySTEP/objc-2.0/

IMHO this is not more difficult to create than adding objc-2.0 to  
LLVM. And, adding this preprocessing call to the GNUstep make system  
would be completely transparent for users. They still use ./configure  
&& make and would have objc-2.0 features. Even without installing a  
new compiler.

And since GNUstep should be completely independent of the runtime  
(where are the real dependencies?) this approach could make us more  
independent of any compiler developments.

Nikolaus