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Lothar
Lothar

Reputation: 13075

Where can i find a document explaining how Objective-C is implemented

I mean the fundamental runtime. How is method dispatching implemented (via a selector hashtable?). What is a selector anyway? How is the object model as you can add methods later with some low level API etc.

I need to look at it from a compiler programming point of view, not a simple user of the language.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 378

Answers (2)

bbum
bbum

Reputation: 162712

Use the source.

http://www.opensource.apple.com/source/objc4/objc4-437/

And for parsing, look to Clang:

http://clang.llvm.org/get_started.html

Upvotes: 5

Nick Veys
Nick Veys

Reputation: 23939

Here's a few docs to get you started (should help you google the right questions):

Upvotes: 4

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