rjmccall added a comment. In D55869#1337706 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D55869#1337706>, @js wrote:
> Thanks for tagging me! > > The ObjFW runtime itself does not contain anything about release, retain or > autorelease - these are all part of ObjFW (as in the framework). As ObjFW > also supports the Apple runtime, as well as mixing with Foundation code, it > so far only provides objc_retain and objc_release when they are missing, to > make ARC work. They just call into the corresponding methods on the object > and do nothing else. > > How will this change work from the Apple runtime? Will > objc_retain/objc_release call the retain/release on the object if it > implements its own? Should I drop my own retain/release implementation from > my root object if I am compiling against the Apple runtime? Nothing is fundamentally changing. The Apple runtime has fast paths in `objc_retain` / `objc_release` for `NSObject`'s implementation of retain/release, and this patch allows us to take advantage of that in non-ARC files which explicitly call `-retain` and `-release`. Of course, the runtime's own implementation of `objc_retain` and `objc_release` contains such calls, which would be miscompiled into recursive calls to `objc_retain` and `objc_release` without the command-line flag. > I'm mostly concerned about mixing ObjFW and Foundation code while using the > Apple runtime here. ObjFW with the ObjFW runtime and no Foundation is easy to > change. I assume you only define `objc_retain` and `objc_release` when compiling against your own runtime. In that case, as Duncan reminded me, there's no risk of miscompiling as long as `shouldUseARCFunctionsForRetainRelease()` returns false for your runtime. Since it sounds like your implementation doesn't try to avoid the message-send for common classes, there's no reason you would make that method return true; but if you ever want to, you'll need this compiler flag to avoid miscompiles. CHANGES SINCE LAST ACTION https://reviews.llvm.org/D55869/new/ https://reviews.llvm.org/D55869 _______________________________________________ cfe-commits mailing list cfe-commits@lists.llvm.org http://lists.llvm.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cfe-commits
