Am 13.02.2014 19:06, schrieb inout:
On Tuesday, 11 February 2014 at 19:43:00 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
I've toyed with this idea for a while, and wondered what the interest
there is in something like this.
The idea is to be able to use a subset of D that does not require any
of druntime or phobos - it can be linked merely with the C standard
library. To that end, there'd be a compiler switch (-betterC) which
would enforce the subset.
(First off, I hate the name "better C", any suggestions?)
The subset would disallow use of any features that rely on:
1. moduleinfo
2. exception handling
3. gc
4. Object
I've used such a subset before when bringing D up on a new platform,
as the new platform didn't have a working phobos.
What do you think?
-no-moduleinfo
-no-exceptions
-no-gc
-no-object
There is absolutely NO need to give any name to that beast.
Otherwise, it's an excellent idea!
You could still use classes e.g. with C++ linkage.
Can we also get a build tool that produces all combinations for
libraries distributed in binary form?
--
Paulo
