diff -r -N -u gcc/c-lex.c gcc-byref/c-lex.c
--- gcc/c-lex.c	Tue Mar 18 20:16:41 1997
+++ gcc-byref/c-lex.c	Fri Mar 20 08:25:47 1998
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@
       wordlist[i].name = "inout";
     else if (wordlist[i].rid == RID_BYCOPY)
       wordlist[i].name = "bycopy";
+    else if (wordlist[i].rid == RID_BYREF)
+      wordlist[i].name = "byref";
     else if (wordlist[i].rid == RID_ONEWAY)
       wordlist[i].name = "oneway";   
 }
@@ -184,6 +186,7 @@
   ridpointers[(int) RID_OUT] = get_identifier ("out");
   ridpointers[(int) RID_INOUT] = get_identifier ("inout");
   ridpointers[(int) RID_BYCOPY] = get_identifier ("bycopy");
+  ridpointers[(int) RID_BYREF] = get_identifier ("byref");
   ridpointers[(int) RID_ONEWAY] = get_identifier ("oneway");
   forget_protocol_qualifiers();
 
diff -r -N -u gcc/c-lex.h gcc-byref/c-lex.h
--- gcc/c-lex.h	Tue Mar 18 20:16:41 1997
+++ gcc-byref/c-lex.h	Fri Mar 20 06:22:52 1998
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
   RID_OUT,
   RID_INOUT,
   RID_BYCOPY,
+  RID_BYREF,
   RID_ONEWAY,
   RID_ID,
 
diff -r -N -u gcc/c-parse.gperf gcc-byref/c-parse.gperf
--- gcc/c-parse.gperf	Tue Mar 18 20:16:43 1997
+++ gcc-byref/c-parse.gperf	Fri Mar 20 08:38:43 1998
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 auto, SCSPEC, RID_AUTO
 break, BREAK, NORID
 bycopy, TYPE_QUAL, RID_BYCOPY
+byref, TYPE_QUAL, RID_BYREF
 case, CASE, NORID
 char, TYPESPEC, RID_CHAR
 const, TYPE_QUAL, RID_CONST
diff -r -N -u gcc/objc/encoding.c gcc-byref/objc/encoding.c
--- gcc/objc/encoding.c	Tue Mar 18 20:19:26 1997
+++ gcc-byref/objc/encoding.c	Fri Mar 20 06:18:57 1998
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@
 	 || *type == _C_INOUT
 	 || *type == _C_OUT 
 	 || *type == _C_BYCOPY
+	 || *type == _C_BYREF
 	 || *type == _C_ONEWAY)
     {
       type += 1;
@@ -536,6 +537,7 @@
       case _C_INOUT:  res |= _F_INOUT; break;
       case _C_OUT:    res |= _F_OUT; break;
       case _C_BYCOPY: res |= _F_BYCOPY; break;
+      case _C_BYREF:  res |= _F_BYREF; break;
       case _C_ONEWAY: res |= _F_ONEWAY; break;
       default: flag = NO;
     }
diff -r -N -u gcc/objc/encoding.h gcc-byref/objc/encoding.h
--- gcc/objc/encoding.h	Tue Mar 18 20:19:26 1997
+++ gcc-byref/objc/encoding.h	Fri Mar 20 07:32:16 1998
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #define _C_INOUT    'N'
 #define _C_OUT      'o'
 #define _C_BYCOPY   'O'
+#define _C_BYREF    'R'
 #define _C_ONEWAY   'V'
 
 #define _F_CONST    0x01
@@ -44,7 +45,9 @@
 #define _F_OUT      0x02
 #define _F_INOUT    0x03
 #define _F_BYCOPY   0x04
-#define _F_ONEWAY   0x08
+#define _F_BYREF    0x08
+#define _F_ONEWAY   0x10
+
 
 
 int objc_aligned_size (const char* type);
diff -r -N -u gcc/objc-act.c gcc-byref/objc-act.c
--- gcc/objc-act.c	Tue Mar 18 20:17:57 1997
+++ gcc-byref/objc-act.c	Fri Mar 20 08:21:39 1998
@@ -2734,7 +2734,7 @@
   char buf[40];
   tree result;
 
-  /* ONEWAY and BYCOPY, for remote object are the only method qualifiers. */
+  /* ONEWAY, BYCOPY and BYREF, for remote object are the only method qualifiers. */
   encode_type_qualifiers (TREE_PURPOSE (TREE_TYPE (method_decl)));
 
   /* C type. */
@@ -4460,6 +4460,7 @@
 	      || node == ridpointers [(int) RID_OUT]
 	      || node == ridpointers [(int) RID_INOUT]
 	      || node == ridpointers [(int) RID_BYCOPY]
+	      || node == ridpointers [(int) RID_BYREF]
 	      || node == ridpointers [(int) RID_ONEWAY]));
 }
 
@@ -6341,6 +6342,8 @@
 	obstack_1grow (&util_obstack, 'o');
       else if (ridpointers[(int) RID_BYCOPY] == TREE_VALUE (spec))
 	obstack_1grow (&util_obstack, 'O');
+      else if (ridpointers[(int) RID_BYREF] == TREE_VALUE (spec))
+	obstack_1grow (&util_obstack, 'R');
       else if (ridpointers[(int) RID_ONEWAY] == TREE_VALUE (spec))
 	obstack_1grow (&util_obstack, 'V');
     }