Some notes on topics to be covered: Data structures: Symtab, Module,
IvarList, MethodList, Category. Info bits. Runtime class lookup.
Ivar lookup. Method lookup. version number. IMP. objc_class.
arglist_t. sarray.
Method Lookup and Selectors
objc_msg_lookup. message to self and super.
- Data Type: IMP
The `IMP' data type is a pointer to the function implementing an
Objective-C method.
Runtime Initialization
Memory Management
class_create_instance, object_dispose, object_copy...
For instance, `Object''s `-alloc' method is implemented like this:
Hacking for Efficiency
Getting the Address of an Instance Variable