"dsimcha" <dsim...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:i9529m$2d4...@digitalmars.com... > I've noticed that, when passed multiple files at once, DMD is generally > buggy > in ways that I can't reproduce in small test cases. This includes things > like > magically ignoring __gshared variables, and not being able to convert a > type > to an alias to the same type, for example, not being able to convert a > size_t > to a uint on 32-bit, or not being able to convert a float[] to an R where > R is > a template parameter instantiated as float[]. > > I have two questions: > > 1. Has anyone experienced similar things and if so are they further along > than me at creating decent test cases? > > 2. I'm used to using Code::Blocks, but want to switch to Visual D because > it > seems to work a lot better for the most part. However, by default it > seems to > pass all project files to the compiler at once, where Code::Blocks > compiles > one file at a time. This means I have to deal with DMD's bugginess when > passed mutliple files at once. Does anyone know how to make Visual D work > Code::Blocks style, i.e. compile each file to an object file and link them > afterwords?
Don't they support setting up custom tools? I always do that and just define my own command line calls.
