Oops! Yes, the gcc.gnu.org page says "4.6 will support" which means its not
out yet.

In the mean time, I plan to install Snow leopard (x86) on VirtualBox. That
way, I guess I don't have to wait nor hack ;)

Thanks for your prompt reply.

- yam



On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Nicola Pero <
[email protected]> wrote:

> You probably mean GCC 4.6 :-)
>
> All the new Objective-C enhancements will be in GCC 4.6, which hasn't been
> released yet.  Because it's not even been released yet, there aren't any
> smooth,
> ready-to-use packages or instructions for using it on Windows (yet).
>  Windows
> is a difficult platform (for software originating in the Unix world).
>
> So I'd suggest you wait a few months for it to be released.
>
> If you don't want to wait, you could obviously try compiling (or
> cross-compiling)
> GCC 4.6 yourself on MinGW, and/or use some third-party binary package if
> you are able to
> find one, but both these approaches will most likely require you to fix or
> hack
> things at one point or another.  As I said, there isn't an easy,
> ready-to-go
> set of instructions for using Objective-C with GCC 4.6 on Windows yet.
>
> A relatively easy alternative (certainly easier than the above) may be to
> use
> a different, "easier" platform (eg, install some popular variant of Linux
> in
> a virtual machine ?) and then it should be much easier to find a working
> GCC 4.6
> snapshot (or even compiling from sources) to play with (inside your Linux
> virtual machine).
>
> But if you're wanting to use @properties etc. in production code with GCC
> on Windows,
> basically you'll have to wait six months or so for GCC 4.6 to be released
> and for the
> release filtering down the distribution chain etc. until it just appears in
> MinGW
> as the official compiler and you can use it out-of-the-box. :-)
>
> Thanks a lot for your interest.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Yogesh Mujumdar" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, 13 December, 2010 09:17
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Using GCC 4.5 on GNUStep
>
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> Geetings,
>
> I have been trying to use properties, synthesize etc on the current windows
> release of GNUStep.
>
> GNUstep MSYS System Required
> 0.25.1<
> http://ftpmain.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/binaries/windows/gnustep-msys-system-0.25.1-setup.exe
> >
> none MSYS/MinGW System  GNUstep Core Required
> 0.25.0<
> http://ftpmain.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/binaries/windows/gnustep-core-0.25.0-setup.exe
> >
> none GNUstep Core  GNUstep Devel Optional
> 1.1.1<
> http://ftpmain.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/binaries/windows/gnustep-devel-1.1.1-setup.exe
> >
> None Developer Tools
> It looks like, the mingw compiler, which I understand is the GCC release
> does not support properties. GNU GCC 4.5 has support for many new Objective
> C features.
>
> Can somebody guide me on how to go further?
>
> - yam
>
>
>
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