Re: Abiword/GNUStep ?

[Rogelio Serrano]

On 2004-09-22 15:45:29 +0800 stefan@wms-network.de wrote:

> Hi,
>
> > > > Did anyone consider making GNUStep frontend to ABiword ? 
> > > > Since they
> > > have
> > > Cocoa
> > > > version under development, it should be doable - it would 
> > > > be a nice
> > > addition
> > > > to GNUstep app collection and good testbed for libraries.
> > >
> > > Yes, I've had discussions with Hubert on this specific 
> > > issue, and the
> > > blocker at this point is ObjC++ support in GCC, which 
> > > AbiCocoa requires.
> > > This will be in GCC 4.0, so whenever GCC 4.0 is out, work on 
> > > the actual
> > > porting can begin.
> > >
> > > Until ObjC++ support is in GCC, it's a pipe dream.
> >
> > Theoretically, a C "bridge" could be created for the classes 
> > in C++ and
> > those C
> > functions and structs could be used from ObjC, but it's more 
> > trouble than
> > it's
> > worth.
> Have fun :-) I did this with WebCore and regualry end up with 
> a (not only,
> but especially) debugging nightmare. Problem is that creating 
> wrapper
> functions by hand is very error-prone. And it's boring :-) Now 
> i'm sitting
> here waiting for ObjC++.
>
> Btw: i thought ObjC++ would be gcc 3.5?
>
> greets
> Stefan

GCC SC decided to use the number 4.0 instead of 3.5 because 
there will be a major user observable difference in behaviour 
due to tree-ssa.

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