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

BCS ao at pathlink.com
Tue Jun 12 13:50:41 PDT 2007


Reply to Hoenir,

> 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.

could you post a short example?




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