[THRIFT-2905] Cocoa compiler should have option to produce "modern" Objective-C

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.10.0
• Component/s: Cocoa - Compiler, Swift - Compiler
• Assignee: Kevin Wooten
• Reporter: Jim Speth
• Created: 19/Dec/14 15:21
• Updated: 22/Apr/19 12:53
• Resolved: 18/Mar/16 17:54

Description

For those that don't need backwards compatibility with older compilers and OS versions, there should be a "modern" option that produces modern Objective-C as described in https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/releasenotes/ObjectiveC/ModernizationObjC/AdoptingModernObjective-C/AdoptingModernObjective-C.html

Issue Links

• duplicates: THRIFT-1790 cocoa: Duplicate interface definition error
• incorporates: THRIFT-3049 As an iOS developer, I want a generator and library that produces Swift code
• is duplicated by: THRIFT-2561 Enumerated types expressed as int, not "typedef"-ed, in objective-c compilation
• is duplicated by: THRIFT-2898 Generate -copyWithZone: method (NSCopying protocol)
• is duplicated by: THRIFT-2899 Enum values should be prefixed with the Cocoa namespace
• relates to: THRIFT-3100 Implement standard Thrift test for Cocoa
• supercedes: THRIFT-2983 Replace use of deprecated -[NSData getBytes:] in -[TNSFileHandleTransport readAll:offset:length:]