Q: how to get C code to work in D?

Hoenir mrmocool at gmx.de
Tue Jun 12 13:47:20 PDT 2007


BCS schrieb:
> Reply to Hoenir,
> 
>> I got a C file (it's a library, so in C you would create a static
>> library and link it to another program) I want to use in D.
>> I already created the necessary d file as described here:
>> http://www.digitalmars.com/d/interfaceToC.html
>> But how do I link the C code? dmd isn't able to compile C files.
>>
>> I know how to get a dll working (creating C dll, corresponding lib
>> with
>> implib and then adding that lib to the command line of dmd) but I want
>> it to be statically linked like in C.
>> Any hints?
> 
> Download dmc (the digital mars C compiler) and build the lib with that. 
> Then pass the .obj's or .lib to dmd with everything else. Or use 
> link.exe directly.
> 
> 
I don't know which switches to use to generate a static library with dmc.
I tried
	dmc -c main.c
	dmd test.d main.obj
which didn't fix the Symbol Undefined error.


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