This change set incorporates a number of changes that all needed to
happen together:
* The imp is now the first field of the `objc_method` structure. This
makes it possible to extend the structure without breaking anything
that relies on being able to access the IMP.
* There is no owner in the slot, so we must use other mechanisms for
determining the owner of a method (e.g. whether the same method appears
in the superclass)
* Again, because there is no owner in the slot, we can't use this as a
fast path for finding the C++ construct / destruct methods. These are
now cached in the class structure when they are found.
* The version field is gone from the slot and now we provide a global
version. This is based on the observation that method replacements
are relatively infrequent and the overhead of invalidating all method
caches is cheaper than adding extra state for every (class, method)
pair.
* A number of the runtime functions are simplified because replacing
the IMP in a `Method` now implicitly updates the dtable.
In the legact ABI, superclass pointers are initially set to strings
containing the superclass name and the runtime fixes them up. In the
new ABI, the compiler sets up the linkage directly.
We're now using a new class and category structure and auto-upgrading the old ones. Other changes:
- The Ivar structure now points to the ivar offset variable, so we can more easily find it.
- Categories can now add properties.
David Chisnall
David Chisnall