On Tuesday, 12 January 2016 at 18:59:01 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
Many times I've considered simply incorporating a C compiler
into the D compiler, and then:
import "stdio.h";
The perennial problem, however, is the C preprocessor and all
the bizarre things people do with it in even the
On Tuesday, 12 January 2016 at 14:10:02 UTC, John Colvin wrote:
On Tuesday, 12 January 2016 at 13:24:48 UTC, Russel Winder
wrote:
On Tue, 2016-01-12 at 11:05 +, John Colvin via
Digitalmars-d wrote:
[…]
What's so hard about writing a few function prototypes,
aliases and enums? It's
On Monday, 11 January 2016 at 17:25:26 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:
I am guessing that people have an answer to this:
D making use of a C API needs a D module adapter. This can
either be constructed by hand (well it can, but…), or it can be
auto generated from the C header files and then hand
On Tuesday, 12 January 2016 at 10:43:40 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:
On Tue, 2016-01-12 at 08:12 +, Atila Neves via
Digitalmars-d wrote:
On Monday, 11 January 2016 at 17:25:26 UTC, Russel Winder
wrote:
> I am guessing that people have an answer to this:
>
> D making use of a C API needs a D
On 2016-01-12 13:13, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
I assume you mean LLVM. Have you tried one from here [1].
I use the Ubuntu releases to test on Debian 7 (64bit) and 6 (32bit).
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/Jacob Carlborg
On Tue, 2016-01-12 at 13:12 +, Atila Neves via Digitalmars-d wrote:
>
[…]
> You can also write build descriptions in Python with reggae BTW.
Splendid. Python 3 I trust.
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Russel.
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On Tue, 2016-01-12 at 12:56 +, bachmeier via Digitalmars-d wrote:
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[…]
> Sorry I can't offer any help, but I'm genuinely curious by what
> you mean in this part of your quote. If the API is changing, how
> does using C++, or for that matter C, help you? Sure, you can
> include the header
On Tue, 2016-01-12 at 13:13 +0100, Jacob Carlborg via Digitalmars-d
wrote:
>
[…]
> I assume you mean LLVM. Have you tried one from here [1]. Should
> work
> with LLVM 3.1 to 3.5 (at least). This is the matrix of Clang
> versions
> that I use for testing [2].
>
>
> [1]
On Tue, 2016-01-12 at 11:05 +, John Colvin via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> […]
>
> What's so hard about writing a few function prototypes, aliases
> and enums? It's annoying that we have to do it, but compared to
> writing the rest of a project it's always going to be a tiny
> amount of work.
On Tuesday, 12 January 2016 at 13:24:48 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:
On Tue, 2016-01-12 at 11:05 +, John Colvin via
Digitalmars-d wrote:
[…]
What's so hard about writing a few function prototypes,
aliases and enums? It's annoying that we have to do it, but
compared to writing the rest of a
Many times I've considered simply incorporating a C compiler into the D
compiler, and then:
import "stdio.h";
The perennial problem, however, is the C preprocessor and all the bizarre things
people do with it in even the most mundane header files. The problem is NOT,
however, implementing
On Tuesday, 12 January 2016 at 16:21:40 UTC, Atla Neves wrote:
In C/C++, a change to the headers causes a recompilation which
will fail if there are API changes. From any other language,
it'll compile, link, and fail at runtime (unless the symbols
change name). If you're lucky in an obvious
On Tuesday, 12 January 2016 at 10:43:40 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:
On Tue, 2016-01-12 at 08:12 +, Atila Neves via
Digitalmars-d wrote:
On Monday, 11 January 2016 at 17:25:26 UTC, Russel Winder
wrote:
> [...]
This is the kind of thing I wrote reggae for. CMake is an
alternative, but I'd
On Mon, 2016-01-11 at 21:42 +, stew via Digitalmars-d wrote:
>
[…]
> At work we use CMake and have a target for this. The DStep target
> is invoked whenever the C headers change. We also use SWIG this
> way. Both tools often require some hand-massaging though.
[…]
I tried downloading
On Tue, 2016-01-12 at 08:12 +, Atila Neves via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On Monday, 11 January 2016 at 17:25:26 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:
> > I am guessing that people have an answer to this:
> >
> > D making use of a C API needs a D module adapter. This can
> > either be constructed by hand
On 2016-01-12 11:39, Russel Winder via Digitalmars-d wrote:
I tried downloading pre-built Linux DStep, but it requires an .so link
that doesn't exist on Debian Sid or Fedora Rawhide. I hacked something
and DStep segfaulted.
I assume you mean LLVM. Have you tried one from here [1]. Should work
On Tuesday, 12 January 2016 at 10:43:40 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:
D and Rust provide so many barriers to effective use of a C
library, that I am resorting to using C++. Yes you have to do
extra stuff to avoid writing C code, but nowhere near the
amount you have to to create D and Rust
On Tuesday, 12 January 2016 at 11:05:38 UTC, John Colvin wrote:
On Tuesday, 12 January 2016 at 10:43:40 UTC, Russel Winder
wrote:
On Tue, 2016-01-12 at 08:12 +, Atila Neves via
Digitalmars-d wrote:
On Monday, 11 January 2016 at 17:25:26 UTC, Russel Winder
wrote:
> [...]
This is the kind
On Tuesday, 12 January 2016 at 13:17:16 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:
On Tue, 2016-01-12 at 13:13 +0100, Jacob Carlborg via
Digitalmars-d wrote:
[...]
[…]
[...]
I tried on Debian Sid. I have both LLVM 3.6 and 3.7 installed
(3.6 is still the default but I am using 3.7 to build LDC.
I have yet
On Tuesday, 12 January 2016 at 12:56:39 UTC, bachmeier wrote:
On Tuesday, 12 January 2016 at 10:43:40 UTC, Russel Winder
wrote:
D and Rust provide so many barriers to effective use of a C
library, that I am resorting to using C++. Yes you have to do
extra stuff to avoid writing C code, but
On Monday, 11 January 2016 at 17:25:26 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:
I am guessing that people have an answer to this:
D making use of a C API needs a D module adapter. This can
either be constructed by hand (well it can, but…), or it can be
auto generated from the C header files and then hand
I am guessing that people have an answer to this:
D making use of a C API needs a D module adapter. This can either be
constructed by hand (well it can, but…), or it can be auto generated
from the C header files and then hand massaged (likely far better). I
think the only tool for this on Linux
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