[fwd] new gcc-objc snapshot

[Theodore C. Belding]

>>From address@hidden Fri Sep  6 18:03:59 1996
>Date: Fri, 6 Sep 1996 17:16:37 -0400
>X-Sender: address@hidden
>Mime-Version: 1.0
>To: GCC2 Snapshot <address@hidden>,
>        GNU Objective-C Discussion <address@hidden>,
>        GNUstep Discussion <address@hidden>
>From: Scott Christley <address@hidden>
>Subject: new gcc-objc snapshot
>
>
>I've put up a new snapshot at ftp://ftp.ocbi.com/pub/GNUstep
>
>Diffs against GCC version 2.7.2.1
>        gcc-2.7.2.1-objc-960906.diff.gz
>
>Diffs against GCC version 2.7.2; includes 2.7.2.1 patches as well.
>        gcc-2.7.2-objc-960906.diff.gz
>
>Diffs against the 960605 snapshot; includes 2.7.2.1 patches as well.
>        objc-960605-960906.diff.gz
>
>A complete source set.
>        gcc-2.7.2.1-objc-960906.tar.gz
>
>Sorry I don't have a set of diffs which do not include the 2.7.2.1 patches.
>
>Here are some highlights of work done since the last snapshot...
>
>* Corrected forwarding of floats and doubles.
>* DEC OSF/1 thread backend errors corrected.
>* Fix which makes Objective-C work on PPC architecture; this has been tested
>on MkLinux but not AIX.
>* Eliminate leading underscore for thread and mutex structures.
>* Add condition mutex support (thanks Mircea Oancea); this requires some
>additional backend work as only MACH, pthreads, and Solaris are supported.
>* Numerous bug fixes for the NeXT platform.
>* Make memory allocation and release consistent throughout all of runtime
>library; this should make it trivial to incorporate your own routines (i.e.
>garbage collection).
>* Objective-C instructions in INSTALL.
>* Major reorganization of error handling; now allows the user to install an
>error handler and can allow the runtime to continue execution or abort.  All
>runtime library functions use new error handling except for assertions.
>
>These changes have necessitated some minor changes to the gnustep-base, but
>they will be available with the next release.
>
>I've also started an objc-torture package which is a set of tests for
>putting the runtime library through its paces.  So far I have written about
>25 tests which should cover the hash tables.  I will release the test
>package in a few days.  If anybody has some tests they have written that you
>think would be useful, please email them to me.
>
>enjoy!
>Scott
>

--
Ted Belding                        <mailto:address@hidden>
University of Michigan Program for the Study of Complex Systems
<http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~streak/>