Re: Clang extension for BOOL and nil

[David Chisnall]

I've been meaning to make this change for a little while.  It makes a few bits 
of static analysis easier.  I don't have time to do this next week, but if you 
send a patch I'd be happy to commit it.

David

On 23 Aug 2013, at 10:25, "Vincent R." <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Do you think it would be possible to use clang extension to define type like 
> BOOL and nil ?
> Actually I am using clang to rewrite objc into another syntax and macros are 
> not really helpful for this,
> I would need to get a specific type for BOOL/YES/NO and not just (unsigned 
> char)/(BOOL)1/(BOOL)0.
> When compiling a Cocoa application on mac with clang there are the following 
> definitions :
> 
> #if __has_feature(objc_bool)
> #define YES             __objc_yes
> #define NO              __objc_no
> #else
> #define YES             ((BOOL)1)
> #define NO              ((BOOL)0)
> #endif
> 
> 
> #ifndef nil
> # if __has_feature(cxx_nullptr)
> #   define nil nullptr
> # else
> #   define nil __DARWIN_NULL
> # endif
> #endif
> 
> I suppose it could help me in my task but I am wondering if it would work 
> with GNUStep,
> and of course I will try tonight once I am at home on my linux box but if 
> someone(let's say David C. :-) )
> have some idea about that.
> 
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