On Thursday, 25 February 2016 at 16:45:46 UTC, Chris Wright wrote:
On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 12:15:42 +0000, mahdi wrote:
Hi,
Suppose I have a package `mypack` in `~/mypack`. I run `dub`
command on this package and have the compiled `mypack` file
(OS is Linux).
Now I am working on my project. I know how to use the
source-code of `mypack` package in the project but what if I
only have the compiled binary? How can I reference and use the
modules of the compiled `mypack`?
(I looked into the DUB homepage and it's Getting Started page
but could
not find anything).
First thing, you need D interface files. See:
https://dlang.org/dmd-linux.html#interface-files
Note that D interface files still require you to include the
full body of anything in a template, so you might have to
modify your code somewhat for improved secrecy.
Copy the *.di files and binaries into another dub project and
add a postBuildCommand to copy that binary to the output
location.
I think that will work. dub might complain that it doesn't have
any source files, in which case you'll have to provide at least
one D file for it to compile, but that can be empty.
Thanks. Is there a way to use a D library without having access
to it's source code? I tried `dmd -lib abcd.d` which creates a
static library. But still I need to specify path to library's
source files using -I option when compiling the code that uses
that library.
So if we have just access to the library file, is it possible to
use it in the code?
