Objective-C Code to C Code

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How can I "compile" Objective-C Code to (only) C-Code?
There is a way to preprocess Objective-C in Xcode (Product -> Generate Output -> Generate Preprocessed File), but this is not what I'm looking for...

Thanks...

you are aware of that objc and c are completely different languages right? — chikuba
– chikuba, Commented Apr 17, 2012 at 22:40
Yes, but i meant the Objective-C code is converted into C... Or not? — Luca Nate Mahler
– Luca Nate Mahler, Commented Apr 17, 2012 at 22:44
if there was a tool that could convert between very different languages by just pushing a button (from object orientated to non-oo etc) I would be out of work — chikuba
– chikuba, Commented Apr 17, 2012 at 22:46
This is a perfectly valid question. In fact, the original version of Objective-C was nothing more than a pre-compiler that spit out straight C code and a small runtime that went with it. — bbum
– bbum, Commented Apr 17, 2012 at 22:50

Tom van der Woerdt · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-17 22:42:58Z

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clang (the compiler front-end used by Xcode nowadays) has a -rewrite-objc option built-in, which allows you to generate C++ code based on Objective-C (or Objective-C++) code.

Just don't ask me how to combine that with Xcode.

answered Apr 17, 2012 at 22:42

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