Re: [Gnustep-cvs] r32353 - /libs/gui/trunk/Model/IMLoading.m

[Adam Fedor]

On Feb 24, 2011, at 4:30 PM, Fred Kiefer wrote:

> Am 24.02.2011 14:34, schrieb David Chisnall:
>> Author: theraven
>> Date: Thu Feb 24 14:34:21 2011
>> New Revision: 32353
>> 
>> URL: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/gnustep?rev=32353&view=rev
>> Log:
>> Add __attribute__((unused)) on __dummyFunctionForLinking().
>> 
>> Fred: I think this function is completely pointless, and should actually 
>> just be removed.  Looking at the age, it seems to have been added to work 
>> around some toolchain limitations that may have existed 15 years ago.  Can 
>> you take a look, and either remove it, or add a comment explaining why it's 
>> needed?
>> 
>> 
>> Modified:
>>    libs/gui/trunk/Model/IMLoading.m
> 
> Not sure here. In NSApplication we have a similar case:
> 
>       * Dummy functions to fool linker into linking files that contain
>       * only catagories - static libraries seem to have problems here.
> 
> But at least there the dummy function gets called some place. We should
> ask Adam about all this. He has been around long enough to remember when
> all these functions where introduced to GNUstep.

I can check on Windows if it's needed.  I don't think it would be used anywhere 
else.