Re: libobjc patch

[Adam Fedor]

On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 15:34, Jeremy Bettis wrote:
> Please accept this patch against dev-libs/libobjc (today's cvs)
> 
> 2 changes:
> 
> * sendmsg.c: A dirty hack for GCC < 3.3.  In objc_msg_lookup if the receiver
> object has a class pointer which is equal to the PROTOCOL_VERSION number
> (0x2), then it must be an uninitalized Protocol object.  If we find one of
> these, make it into a proper Protocol object.  I am told this is not
> necessary for GCC 3.3, but it is needed for prior versions.

I put this in.


> * thr-win32.c: Changed the thread code to use MSVCRT thread calls instead of
> WIN32 thread calls when compiling with MINGW compiler.  This is suggested by
> the MSDN documentation for CreateThread which notes that resource leaks
> occur when exiting a thread after calling C runtime functions if the thread
> was not created with _beginthread(ex).


I'd rather see some more input from others you use WIN32 or have tested
this patch.