Re: Ping on ObjC Patches

[Adam Fedor <fedor at doc dot com>]

Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 04:13:06PM -0800, Michael Snyder wrote:
> > > And,
> > > Add expected type to hand_function_call (only a week or so old)
> > > http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2002-12/msg00320.html
> >
> > If I recall, isn't there some controversy about this one?
>
> Adam, does ObjC actually need this patch, or was it only used by the
> expected-type syntax change that Klee posted about?  We never came to a
> consensus about that.

After reading Klee's patch, I'd have to say that, no, it's not necessary 
for ObjC, anymore than it would be for C. however, I think it is much 
more relavent for ObjC, since it is even harder to cast an ObjC method 
than it is to cast a C function. For one thing, every ObjC method 
contains two hidden arguments. If you're good at ObjC, you know that, 
but even so, it's an awful lot of work to do that rather than just cast 
the return type.

So it goes back to the merits of Klee's original patch, though it's much 
more useful with ObjC.

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