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Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 20:32:00 -0000
From: Richard Henderson <rth@redhat.com>
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On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 12:07:50PM -0700, Ziemowit Laski wrote:
> Again, perhaps Mark can issue a ruling here.  I thought that 
> c_dialect_objc()> should be used because (1) it offers a clear
> demarcation point (i.e., "this is ObjC-specific functionality")

I think "objc_is_foo" already does that.

> and (2) it improves performance (checking a bit
> is a lot quicker than calling a function).

Premature optimization is the root of all evil.


r~