jspahrsummers/libextobjc

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libextobjc is a modular Cocoa library that extends the Objective-C language with additional patterns and compile-time checks, such as safe categories, concrete protocols, weakify/strongify macros, and algebraic data types. It builds on the Objective-C runtime to bring features from other programming languages into Objective-C projects.

Use cases

• add safe categories to Objective-C classes without overwriting existing methods
• provide default implementations for Objective-C protocols
• check key paths and selectors at compile time
• use weak variables safely inside blocks with @weakify and @strongify
• automatically clean up resources at scope exit with @onExit
• define algebraic data types at compile time in Objective-C
• reflect on object properties and inject methods via the Objective-C runtime

When to choose

• you maintain a legacy Objective-C or Cocoa codebase and want safer, more expressive language features
• you need compile-time checking of key paths and selectors in Objective-C
• you want modular, low-dependency extensions to the Objective-C runtime

When to avoid

• you are starting a new project in Swift, where most of these patterns are built in
• you need a library with active development and recent updates
• you need production support for the experimental branch features

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

programming-language developer-tools concurrency error-handling developer-tools programming-languages operating-systems cpp objective-c cocoa macros runtime metaprogramming macos ios

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