Andrei Alexandrescu Wrote:
> Bill Baxter wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 3:55 PM, John Reimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hello Bill, > >> > >> > >>> I think the build time of dwt apps is a much bigger issue right now > >>> than the size of exes. The size of exes can be reduced using hacks > >>> like upx, but there is no fix for the long build times as far as I > >>> know. > >>> > >>> --bb > >>> > >> > >> Totally agree. The size is just an annoyance. But currently the build > >> times are pretty bad. Recently, I've been frustrating over this especially > >> while working on the Browser port. Everytime I want to test a fix, I have > >> to recompile... which takes ages. This seems to be partly due to the dsss > >> dependency (recent version is sloooow). I've been thinking of adding some > >> sort of shell script or "make" file to see if this can be improved... at > >> least for sanities' sake. :-( > >> > >> -JJR > > > > Build times with the new dsss push me way past the sanity point, so > > I've gone back to 0.76, which I think may have never been released. I > > think I built it myself from sources. > > > > Build times with 0.76 are just barely tolerable with my app. But my > > colleague was telling me today that he wants to do his work on a > > small, non-DWT test app instead of the main app because the build > > times are too frustrating for him. > > > > If I were forced to use the latest DSSS, I'd defnitely be trying to do > > whatever I could to improve the build times, including using "make" if > > that's what it took. > > > > Hmm... Now that dmd -v will spit out all the modules imported, it > > might be possible to use that to create a makefile (or a make.deps for > > use by a makefile) automatically. > > > > --bb > > I suggest people to try rdmd out. It comes with the standard > distribution and I'd want to improve it based on feedback. > > http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/rdmd.html > > Andrei Hi , atm I am not at home but I have a nice Windows popen() emulation based on windows pipes, so not exactly the same, but imo good enough. I can send you the sources when I am back in france. Or just google for popen windows pipes. would be a nice to have rdmd as windoxs too björn fighting with different kezbqrd lqouts
