On 7 Jan 2014, at 16:13, Ivan Vučica <ivuc...@gmail.com> wrote: > I definitely wouldn't go with anything like Objective-C+ARC since I, for one, > don't think ARC is nearly as an important addition to the language as > @synthesize.
I completely disagree. @synthsize is a small improvement. It lets you generate methods, but you can already do most of what it does with a macro. It's nice, but it's not that special. ARC, in contrast, is a big change to the language. It fundamentally changes how you think about writing code, letting you think about object ownership rather than reference counts. I'd put the non-fragile ABI in the same category as synthesised properties - it makes code cleaner and easier to maintain, but doesn't really change how you use it. Blocks are in the same category as ARC: they're a big change to the language and change how you write code. If we were to highlight two features that we support, blocks and ARC would be top of the list. > And five years from now, any arguments against naming it relative to > Objective-C 2.0 will stand against naming it Objective-C+ARC or similar. If our web site is still saying the same thing in five years, then we have other problems. David -- Sent from my brain _______________________________________________ Gnustep-dev mailing list Gnustep-dev@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnustep-dev
