Weak references are still not supported, but code that doesn't use them (i.e. any code that wants to be compatible with OS X 10.6) will work fine.
The current implementation is VERY inefficient and has a large number of missed optimisation opportunities: this is the 'make it right' phase, and should be almost equivalent to explicit retain / release code.
catching Objective-C objects in C++ catch statements (i.e. they follow
Objective-C semantics, not C++ semantics, irrespective of whether you use C++
or ObjC syntax). We now default to Apple-compatible behaviour, but provide a
function that allows users to select the sane semantics if they prefer.
Added a capability bit for the unified exception model, so code can require it.
This is not really required, since any code using it will link against the
ObjC++ personality function and will get a linker failure if it isn't supported.
Also enabled Objective-C++ stuff by default. This adds a dependency on the C++
standard library (actually on libsupc++, but GNUstep Make wants to link against
libstd++ anyway), which is not ideal. It can be disabled with:
$ gmake objectiver-cxx=no
I suggest that this is only done by people who know that they will never want
Objective-C++ support.
Fixed the definition of objc_msgSendSuper().
Tweaked the -dealloc implementation for hidden classes used for locking so that @synchronize(self) will work in a -dealloc method.
Imported selector table code frm the Étoilé runtime. We can now make dispatch type dependent with a -D switch. Not enabled yet, but it will be enabled in a warning mode soon - I consider preferable to the existing GNU and Apple solution of corrupting the stack.
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