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 > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss-gnustep mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep > 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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