Re: [RFC] Apple Blocks extension

2013-11-03 Thread pinskia
> On Nov 3, 2013, at 9:10 PM, Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > >> On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 8:49 PM, wrote: >> >> >>> On Nov 3, 2013, at 8:28 PM, Maxim Kuvyrkov wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am considering a project to add Apple's blocks [*] extension to GCC. I >>> am looking at adding blocks sup

Re: [RFC] Apple Blocks extension

2013-11-03 Thread Ian Lance Taylor
On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 8:49 PM, wrote: > > >> On Nov 3, 2013, at 8:28 PM, Maxim Kuvyrkov wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I am considering a project to add Apple's blocks [*] extension to GCC. I am >> looking at adding blocks support to C, C++ and Obj-C/C++ front-ends. > > What benefits does blocks have

Re: [RFC] Apple Blocks extension

2013-11-03 Thread pinskia
> On Nov 3, 2013, at 8:28 PM, Maxim Kuvyrkov wrote: > > Hi, > > I am considering a project to add Apple's blocks [*] extension to GCC. I am > looking at adding blocks support to C, C++ and Obj-C/C++ front-ends. What benefits does blocks have over nested functions in C and over lambas in C+

[RFC] Apple Blocks extension

2013-11-03 Thread Maxim Kuvyrkov
Hi, I am considering a project to add Apple's blocks [*] extension to GCC. I am looking at adding blocks support to C, C++ and Obj-C/C++ front-ends. There are many challenges (both technical and copyright) that require work before any patches are ready for review, and I would appreciate indica

Re: messages about "...is not an ELF file..."

2013-11-03 Thread Jonathan Wakely
On 3 November 2013 18:34, George R Goffe wrote: > Hi, > > I've been seeing a lot of these messages. I'm building from the repository > (main trunk?) as of 1 hour ago or so (fairly up to date I think). > > Am I doing something wrong? Is this a bug? (Your question would probably be more appropriate

messages about "...is not an ELF file..."

2013-11-03 Thread George R Goffe
Hi, I've been seeing a lot of these messages. I'm building from the repository (main trunk?) as of 1 hour ago or so (fairly up to date I think). Am I doing something wrong? Is this a bug? I have a full build log if that's needed. Regards and Thanks for your help, George... libtool: finish:

Re: gnu software bugs - long double

2013-11-03 Thread Mischa Baars
On 11/03/2013 12:29 AM, Rob wrote: Sat, Nov 02, 2013, Mischa Baars: On 11/02/2013 11:19 PM, Jonathan Wakely wrote: On 2 November 2013 22:12, Mischa Baars wrote: And 1.1 is not representable as long double. If you are willing to stop being so arrogant for a few minutes and learn something try