Re: parser contributions soapbox (was Re: [cdt-dev] FW: [eclipse-dev] C#

[Ryan Hapgood <ryan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> Ryan Hapgood wrote on 06/13/2006 05:45:57 PM:
> > It may also be a good idea to consider objective C when going  
> through
> > any design steps. This would make things much easier when Bug 68083
> > (https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=68083) gets more  
> votes/
> > support.
> >
> > Ryan.
>
> Just wanted to tell it like it is, from beyond the CDT-grave ... I set
> that defect to "Future" almost 2 years ago BTW. :-)
>
> Speaking from my experience, it takes a considerable development  
> effort
> to implement, test & support these type of features for a varied cross
> product of target languages, compilers, os's & architectures.  Unless
> some company steps up to the table to fund development & testing of
> Objective-C extensions, it will not happen, and I cannot see how
> any number of bugzilla votes will make a real difference.

It has to be said that I was not implying objective C support should  
be added now, or even in the next two years. I was simply stating  
that perhaps if language extensions/variations are going to be  
addressed and designs put in place, the changes could allow for more  
than just C#. It is not realistic to believe that a truly extensible  
design can be reached straight away but if it is kept in mind it may  
allow more companies to see CDT as a viable platform to build on and  
contribute to.

Ryan.