Automatically emit objc_msgSend calls when calling imported or implemented Objective-C methods

- Add intrinsics.objc_super()

- Emit objc_msgSendSuper2 calls when an objc method call is combined with objc_super(self)

- Fix objc_block return value ABI for large struct returns

- Fix objc_implement method wrappers bad ABI for large struct returns and indirect args

- Simplify parameter forwarding for objc_imlpement methods

- Add intrinsics.objc_instancetype to mimi Objective-C instancetype* returns
  This facilitates returning the correct type on subclasses when calling mehtods
  such as `alloc`, `init`, `retain`, etc.

- Refactor Objective-C class implementations generation so that hierarchies are properly initialized

- Better codegen for context passing with ivar-based autocontext

- Allow @superclass on imported objc-c objects

- Better codegen for block forwarding invoker, arguments are forwarded directly

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/types.cpp b/src/types.cpp
index effa8ef64..372c2e991 100644
--- a/src/types.cpp
+++ b/src/types.cpp
@@ -752,11 +752,14 @@ gb_global Type *t_objc_object   = nullptr;
 gb_global Type *t_objc_selector = nullptr;
 gb_global Type *t_objc_class    = nullptr;
 gb_global Type *t_objc_ivar     = nullptr;
+gb_global Type *t_objc_super    = nullptr;     // Struct used in lieu of the 'self' instance when calling objc_msgSendSuper.
+gb_global Type *t_objc_super_ptr = nullptr;
 
 gb_global Type *t_objc_id    = nullptr;
 gb_global Type *t_objc_SEL   = nullptr;
 gb_global Type *t_objc_Class = nullptr;
 gb_global Type *t_objc_Ivar  = nullptr;
+gb_global Type *t_objc_instancetype = nullptr; // Special distinct variant of t_objc_id used mimic auto-typing of instancetype* in Objective-C
 
 enum OdinAtomicMemoryOrder : i32 {
 	OdinAtomicMemoryOrder_relaxed = 0, // unordered
@@ -4735,6 +4738,14 @@ gb_internal bool is_type_objc_object(Type *t) {
 	return internal_check_is_assignable_to(t, t_objc_object);
 }
 
+gb_internal bool is_type_objc_ptr_to_object(Type *t) {
+	// NOTE (harold): is_type_objc_object() returns true if it's a pointer to an object or the object itself.
+	//                This returns true ONLY if Type is a shallow pointer to an Objective-C object.
+
+	Type *elem = type_deref(t);
+	return elem != t && elem->kind == Type_Named && is_type_objc_object(elem);
+}
+
 gb_internal Type *get_struct_field_type(Type *t, isize index) {
 	t = base_type(type_deref(t));
 	GB_ASSERT(t->kind == Type_Struct);