>> Open question: Should we do the same for toolchain-type=gcc? I'm not quite >> sure what we're getting from calling the AC_PROG_OBJC macro, except perhaps >> a loss of transparency on how our tools are picked up. :-/ In fact, maybe we >> should just skip the OBJC variable completely. In fact, for Objective-C++ >> (.mm) files, we just use the normal C++ compiler. > > The more I think of it, the more I like this idea. Here's a new patch that > does exactly this. > > WebRev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ihse/JDK-8074099-remove-objc/webrev.01
That looks good to me. -DrD-