Re: Hi, I'm new

[Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf]

>No. The current problem is that the gnustep-base library has not been 
>ported. Part of the problem is the compiler on the current release has 
>bugs affecting __builtin functions. This has been disabled (which will 
>probably cause several things not to work). Additionally there seem to 
>be some other problems (memory?, alignment? I'm not really sure) that 
>cause prgrams to crash. AFAIK I'm the only one doing fixes on it now, 
>and I don't plan to do any more work until I can find a commited Darwin 
>developer who can help out.

Hi,

got a mail from Apple today concerning that old nested functions bug (Do 
you still remember that?). Apparently this bug is fixed:

> Darwin's gcc 2.95.2 does not support nested functions
> Bug ID # 2701217
> 
> Hello Lars,
> 
> We have received feedback on your reported issue (included below), 
stating
> that it could not be reproduced in an upcoming release of Mac OS X.
> Although we do not have a definite date for this release, a general 
release
> notification will be distributed once the software has become finalized.
> 
> Upon receipt of this software, we would appreciate it if you would 
verify
> this fix when you have the opportunity.
> 
> If you should continue to experience your reported issue with the newly
> released software, we would appreciate it if you would submit a new bug
> report specifying that your issue is occurring with the most recent 
release
> of Mac OS X.
> 
> Premier and Select ADC Members, and those ADC Members who hold Software 
Seed
> Keys will have access to pre-release software seeds. If you are not an 
ADC
> Member,  please visit our ADC programs page to learn more about our 
various
> levels of developer programs, including our (free!) Online membership.
> 
>     <http://developer.apple.com/membership/descriptions.html>
> 
> Thank you for your time and effort, your help is greatly appreciated.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Janet Shah
> Apple Developer Connection
> Worldwide Developer Relations
> 
> Send follow ups to <devbugs@apple.com>.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------

No news on the other bug (__builtin_apply() broken in cc (Darwin 1.3.1 and 
Darwin 1.4.1 devtools), 
http://www.opensource.apple.com/bugs/X/gcc%20runtime/2783924.html): I 
didn't built gcc3 (which is actually gcc 3.1) yet (maily because the cvs 
checkout over a phone line takes forever, but really soon now I should get 
DSL (it was requested by me last year, but the "Deutsche Telekom" is a 
bunch of idle skitters.).).

And if you need some help, I am still here. I might not be the most 
experienced developer, but I am learning. What skills are required, which 
knowlegde is needed? If you point me in the right directions, I could do 
some debugging or find out several things for you (I am lurking on 
darwin-development@lists.apple.com and darwin-gcc3@opensource.apple.com 
and can ask questions there).

Greetings, Lars