Re: More Windows stuff ... Gorm works ... sort of

[Nicola Pero]

> > > From the point of view of a developer using GNUstep (rather than someone
> > > maintaining/writing the gnustep core) the correct behavior of bundles is
> > > something that should just be assumed.  In other words, I don't think this
> > > is an issue that Gregory should need to consider in his design, rather 
> > > it's
> > > an issue that we need to resolve in make/base so that he and others like
> > > him can work productively.
> > 
> > ... but I still think that assuming advanced building features in "core"  
> > components is not a good idea.  Gorm is a "core" component and it would be
> > nice if it was very portable and worked almost automatically as soon as
> > the very basic stuff is ported to a platform.
> 
> Support for weak symbols are hardly advanced, they have been a feature of ELF
> since it's creation.  As I pointed out before, it's Window's use of the rather
> ancient COFF standard which is the real problem.

Well ... I personally think support for weak symbols is quite advanced :-)

Anyway, I'm happy you read my suggestions and are thinking about it. :-)

Thanks