ObjC-Clang-Modules

Reduce clutter, speed up compilations, etc. by using (and writing your own!) clang "modules"

What used to involve LOTS of moving pieces....

• Link to a framework via ld, á la.. clang -framework Cocoa main.m -o MyApp
• Import headers, á la #import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
• Icky precompiled headers, and their littany of woes.

Now (Xcode5, OSX 10.9) is as simple as...

CLANG_ENABLE_MODULES   = YES
CLANG_MODULES_AUTOLINK = YES

aka clang -fmodules ...

@import Cocoa;

No linker flags, nothing, zilcha, nada zero. No muss, no fuss.

• Get rid of YourProject-Prefix.pch!
• Delete the Frameworks group from Xcode projects.
• Purge the Link to Frameworks build phase!
• Buiild faster, and smile, it's Objc, not Chekov!

BONUS:

Although you'll be hard-pressed to find even a mention of "modules" on Apple's site.. and that

At this time, modules are only available for Apple’s frameworks. and have been implicitly disabled for C++.

...it IS INDEED possible to "write your own modules!". Fork this repo to find out how!

Now you can import YOUR OWN frameworks with a simple.

@import ModularFramework

Genius!