[cfe-dev] "Blocks" in Clang (aka closures)

jp bonn jp at jpbonn.com
Tue Dec 9 16:11:25 PST 2008


Chris Lattner wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Steve has started working on an implementation of a language feature  
> named 'Blocks'.  The back story on this was that it was prototyped in  
> an private Clang fork (because it is much easier to experiment with  
> clang than with GCC), then implemented in GCC (where it evolved a  
> lot), and now we're re-implementing it in Clang.  The language feature  
> is already supported by mainline llvm-gcc, but we don't have up-to- 
> date documentation for it.  When that documentation is updated, it  
> will definitely be checked into the main clang repo (in clang/docs).   

I noticed some commits for "blocks" support in Clang but the 
documentation hasn't been committed yet.  Are blocks supported in Clang?

Thanks,
JP



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