[cfe-dev] ObjC blocks documentation

[fariborz jahanian via cfe-dev]

It was restricted due to performance implication of capturing the array. Earlier versions of ObjC blocks
captured the array address with this syntax. This was a source of confusion and it was decided to outright ban it.

- Fariborz

> On Mar 8, 2016, at 2:30 AM, Anastasia Stulova via cfe-dev <cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
>  
> It seems that capturing arrays is not allowed in Clang Blocks i.e. the following code:
>  
>   int arr[10];
>  
>   int* (^bl)() = ^ int*() {return arr;};
>  
> fails with:
>  
>   error: cannot refer to declaration with an array type inside block
>  
> I have checked the documentation on Blocks in Clang  and some ObjC manual but can’t find anything related to it.
> Also the Clang commit history doesn’t provide much information.
>  
> Does anyone know why is this restricted? Or could anyone point to good documentation where such things are explained?
>  
> Thanks in advance,
> Anastasia 
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