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    From Siri Cruz@21:1/5 to All on Mon Oct 12 07:22:04 2015
    XPost: comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.misc

    Is there any penalty for compiling plain C as Objective-C even though it doesn't
    use objects?

    (Because objc allows type information to be inserted into the code so that a var-args list can tagged with trustworthy type information instead of hoping clients use the correct format.)

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  • From Alan Browne@21:1/5 to Siri Cruz on Mon Oct 12 10:34:04 2015
    XPost: comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.misc

    On 2015-10-12 10:22, Siri Cruz wrote:
    Is there any penalty for compiling plain C as Objective-C even though it doesn't
    use objects?

    (Because objc allows type information to be inserted into the code so that a var-args list can tagged with trustworthy type information instead of hoping clients use the correct format.)

    You want to use object C to take advantage of the type info insertion?

    Why not compile with each compiler and see what the binary looks like?

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