On Feb 24, 2011, at 4:30 PM, Fred Kiefer wrote: > Am 24.02.2011 14:34, schrieb David Chisnall: >> Author: theraven >> Date: Thu Feb 24 14:34:21 2011 >> New Revision: 32353 >> >> URL: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/gnustep?rev=32353&view=rev >> Log: >> Add __attribute__((unused)) on __dummyFunctionForLinking(). >> >> Fred: I think this function is completely pointless, and should actually >> just be removed. Looking at the age, it seems to have been added to work >> around some toolchain limitations that may have existed 15 years ago. Can >> you take a look, and either remove it, or add a comment explaining why it's >> needed? >> >> >> Modified: >> libs/gui/trunk/Model/IMLoading.m > > Not sure here. In NSApplication we have a similar case: > > * Dummy functions to fool linker into linking files that contain > * only catagories - static libraries seem to have problems here. > > But at least there the dummy function gets called some place. We should > ask Adam about all this. He has been around long enough to remember when > all these functions where introduced to GNUstep.
I can check on Windows if it's needed. I don't think it would be used anywhere else. _______________________________________________ Gnustep-dev mailing list Gnustep-dev@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnustep-dev