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0 pointsfiddlerwoaroof1y ago0 comments

You can’t really strip objective-c symbols, can you? I think that would break method dispatch

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You might be thinking of Objective-C metadata, which contains information about classes, protocols and categories. Unlike symbols, metadata can’t be stripped.

fiddlerwoaroofOP1y ago

I’m specifically talking about selectors and things like class names, etc. I can see that you can strip the parts of objective-c that are just C.

saagarjha1y ago

You can definitely strip the symbols; the runtime metadata is stored separately.

TazeTSchnitzel1y ago

Yes but what Objective-C people consider “no symbols” looks like symbols to C programmers.

saagarjha1y ago

Tell that to ___lldb_unnamed_symbol74$$TextEdit

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mitemte1y ago

You might be thinking of Objective-C metadata, which contains information about classes, protocols and categories. Unlike symbols, metadata can’t be stripped.

fiddlerwoaroofOP1y ago

I’m specifically talking about selectors and things like class names, etc. I can see that you can strip the parts of objective-c that are just C.

saagarjha1y ago

You can definitely strip the symbols; the runtime metadata is stored separately.

TazeTSchnitzel1y ago

Yes but what Objective-C people consider “no symbols” looks like symbols to C programmers.

saagarjha1y ago

Tell that to ___lldb_unnamed_symbol74$$TextEdit

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