On Thu, 03 May 2012 19:47:19 -0300, Pierre LeMoine <yarr.luben+dl...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi! I'm interested in starting a project to make a linker besides optlink for dmd on windows. If possible it'd be cool to run it as a gsoc-project, but if that's not an option I'll try to get it admitted as a soc-project at my university. Anyway, the project would aim to be a replacement or alternative to optlink on windows. I've personally encountered quite a few seemingly random problems with optlink, and the error messages are not exactly friendly. My vision is to create a linker in a relatively modern language (D) and to release the project as open source. So, I'm curious about some things; Is it too late to get this accepted as a summer of code project? Are there any current alternative linkers for dmd on windows, or any current projects aiming to create one? And do any of you know of a "Everything you need to know to write the best linker ever" resource center? ;]
If you are interested in getting results rather than reinventing the wheel, I would advice you to have a look at the openwatcom.org wlink, and the forked jwlink as a starting point. The linker is open source, written in C and has user documentation (not source doc unfortunately). Roald
