I'm very tempted to use the new 64-bit Objective-C ABI in my next
project. Primarily because of the improved interoperability with C++
destructors, that are now called when unwinding Objective-C exceptions
and should make it possible to use RAII designs in Objective-C++
programs.

If I were to require the use of the 64-bit ABI in my next project,
which mac models would the application run on? And is it possible to
detect at runtime if I'm running the old 32-bit ABI or the new 64-bit
to enable a fallback on non-64-bit models?

Best Regards,
Påhl Melin

>From the "Objective-C Runtime Release Notes for Mac OS X v10.5" :

"In 64-bit, C++ exceptions and Objective-C exceptions are
interoperable. In particular, C++ destructors and Objective-C @finally
blocks are honored when unwinding any exception, and default catch
clauses—catch (...) and @catch (...)—are able to catch and re-throw
any exception."
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