On Tuesday, February 27, 2018 15:28:21 H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d wrote: > On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 09:44:45PM +0000, bachmeier via Digitalmars-d wrote: > > On Tuesday, 27 February 2018 at 21:07:03 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote: > > > Granted, though, this is a lot easier than having to write JNI > > > wrappers or (carefully!) translate C headers into D. It would be > > > nice if you could actually just copy-n-paste a C header into an > > > extern(C) block in D and have it Just Work(tm), but practically all > > > C headers are dependent on macros one way or another that it would > > > require including an entire C processor inside the D compiler, which > > > is not exactly an inviting proposition. > > > > Walter has said that he has considered doing that now that DMC is > > Boost licensed: > > https://forum.dlang.org/post/p58q2l$1d35$1...@digitalmars.com > > Wouldn't that cause compatibility issues with gdc/ldc?
It wouldn't if the idea were to move parts of dmc into the frontend, and _something_ would have to be put in the frontend for such a thing, even if it meant accessing the C/C++ compiler via library rather than adding the C/C++ stuff into the frontend itself. But I don't know what Walter is thinking exactly. - Jonathan M Davis