[cfe-dev] Objective-C GNU runtime 64-bit fix

Fariborz Jahanian fjahanian at apple.com
Wed Apr 1 12:50:06 PDT 2009


Patch is checked in.
- fj

On Apr 1, 2009, at 9:15 AM, David Chisnall wrote:

> This diff fixes a problem where the compiler is reporting the wrong  
> size to the runtime on 64-bit architectures.
>
> In related news, the FSF has just approved a new runtime exception  
> for the GNU Objective-C runtime, which means that code compiled with  
> compilers other than gcc (unless they are based on GCC but use  
> proprietary optimisations) can now use GNU libobjc without being  
> bound by the GPL.
>
> This means that clang can compile Objective-C programs for the GNU  
> runtime without any licensing issues.
>
> David
>
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