-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 Sounds very cool. I'm all for a new runtime, as the GNU runtime is seriously stone-age.
- -- Saso David Chisnall wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I've spent the last two days locked in my room doing some therapeutic > coding[1], and the result is a new Objective-C runtime (rejection is > obviously good for my productivity; I should apply for more jobs). A > quick summary of features: > > - Two layer model, with Self-like object model at the core and classes > built on top. > - Very small code base (roughly 10% of the size of the GNU runtime) > - Support for @synchronized on all objects / classes. > - Support for concrete protocols / mixins. > - Support for prototype-based object orientation (can be mixed with > class-based; classes really are just another kind of object in this > runtime) > - Support for safe method caching (including polymorphic inline > caching) with low overhead. > - Support for fast accessor methods (we can implement properties that > are much faster than Apple's) > > The core sparse array implementation is a bit basic and could do with > some tuning and, of course, it needs compiler support to actually be > useful. The core runtime is tested, but the class-based part isn't > yet so there are probably lots of bugs there. I plan on writing a set > of macros representing the basic Objective-C primitives, but so far I > have only done message dispatch (three version; basic, inline cache, > polymorphic inline cache). > > You can find a more detailed overview of the library design here: > > http://cs.swan.ac.uk/~csdavec/libobjc/libobjc.pdf > > Interface documentation: > > http://cs.swan.ac.uk/~csdavec/libobjc/libobjc.pdf > > The code is currently in a branch in the Étoilé repository: > > svn://svn.gna.org/svn/etoile/branches/libobjc_tr/ > > Comments welcome, bug fixes very welcome. > > David > > [1] Well, I did eat, sleep, shower and make toffee in the middle, and > procrastinate a lot reading online comics too, but you get the idea. > _______________________________________________ > Etoile-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-dev > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHMygrakxhuWWzY78RA/gaAKCON1I4ik+ELY9103EMkjNPdHH2IACeK+zM wabGf8oRqwgnDr4eS5NNp3Q= =dBaT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Etoile-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-dev
