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This project comprises a collection of scripts to build a modern GNUstep toolchain, with support for blocks and Automatic Reference Counting (ARC), using LLVM/Clang and the Visual Studio toolchain. The toolchain can be used to integrate Objective-C code in any Windows app, including Visual Studio projects using LLVM/Clang (see below), without using MinGW.
This project comprises a collection of scripts to build a modern GNUstep toolchain for x64 or arm64 architectures using the Visual Studio toolchain and LLVM/Clang. The toolchain supports Objective-C 2.0 features like blocks and Automatic Reference Counting (ARC) and can be used to integrate Objective-C code in any native Windows appincluding Visual Studio projects using LLVM/Clang (without using MinGW).


## Libraries
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## Status and Known Issues
* The toolchain supports x64 only (due to a [build error](https://bugs.swift.org/browse/SR-14314) in libdispatch on x86).
* Older Clang releases had various issues with Objective-C code on Windows, most of which were fixed with Clang 16. It is therefore highly recommended to use Clang 16 or later.
- Exception handling with ARC causing access violation ([issue](https://github.com/gnustep/libobjc2/issues/222), fixed in Clang 15)
- Certain Objective-C++ code crashing Clang ([issue](https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/54556), affects Clang 14, fixed in Clang 15)
- Objective-C class methods not working with ARC ([issue](https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/56952), affects Clang 14, fixed in Clang 16)
- Using `@finally` crashing Clang ([issue 1](https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/43828) and [2](https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/51899), not fixed)
* Support for x86 is broken due to a [build error](https://bugs.swift.org/browse/SR-14314) in libdispatch.
* The compilation will fail if the Windows home folder contains whitespace, e.g. `C:\Users\John Appleseed`.
* When utilizing the built-in gnustep-make test suite's debug capabilities, the preferred debugger on Windows is LLDB. LLDB from the Chocolatey package manager links to `python310.dll`, but is not found if Python 3.10.x is not installed and added to PATH. The error message is obscure and doesn't mention the missing dependency. Install Python3 manually using the official Python Installer. After downloading and executing the installer, select `Add to PATH` and proceed with the installation. You can now use the LLDB debugger.
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### Building
Run the [build.bat](build.bat) script in either a x86 or x64 Native Tools Command Prompt from Visual Studio to build the toolchain for x86 or x64.
Run the [build.bat](build.bat) script in a x86, x64, or arm64 Native Tools Command Prompt from Visual Studio to build the toolchain for x86/x64/arm64.
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Usage: build.bat
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