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| <h3 class="section">8.1 GNU Objective-C runtime API</h3> |
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| <p>This section is specific for the GNU Objective-C runtime. If you are |
| using a different runtime, you can skip it. |
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| <p>The GNU Objective-C runtime provides an API that allows you to |
| interact with the Objective-C runtime system, querying the live |
| runtime structures and even manipulating them. This allows you for |
| example to inspect and navigate classes, methods and protocols; to |
| define new classes or new methods, and even to modify existing classes |
| or protocols. |
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| <p>If you are using a “Foundation” library such as GNUstep-Base, this |
| library will provide you with a rich set of functionality to do most |
| of the inspection tasks, and you probably will only need direct access |
| to the GNU Objective-C runtime API to define new classes or methods. |
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