rdmd & exception def & multiple files

[Charles Hixson]

On 08/29/2012 06:46 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 8/29/12 4:52 PM, Charles Hixson wrote:
>> On 08/29/2012 04:15 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>> On 8/29/12 3:47 PM, Charles Hixson wrote:
>>>> Where should I look to better understand
>>>> rdmd? I expected to need to list all the local files that were needed,
>>>> but clearly that's the wrong approach.
>>>
>>> http://dlang.org/rdmd.html
>>>
>>> To my surprise, it's not in the top Google search results. However,
>>> Dmitry's shadow page is: http://blackwhale.github.com/rdmd.html
>>>
>>> Andrei
>> Thank you. Unfortunately, that page doesn't address the symptoms that
>> I've been experiencing, which while they don't halt development
>> certainly confuse it.
>>
>> It's starting to look as if while I use rdmd I'll need to keep
>> everything in one file, as otherwise I can't share exceptions between
>> classes. (And I'm only guessing that the problem is limited to
>> exceptions, as I haven't tested with other functions.)
>>
>> Since the small test programs DO call successfully between different
>> files (including for exceptions) I don't really have a clue as to what's
>> going on, except that it appears to happen during linking. And combining
>> the routines into one file appears to "fix" the problem. And that dmd
>> doesn't seem to have the same problem. (I.e., if I add a dummy main
>> routine to the avl.d file, then
>> dmd -unittest avl.d utils.d
>> compiles and executes without problems, even though it doesn't do
>> anything.
>
> You should be able to use rdmd for that dependency pattern, and if not
> there's a bug in it. However, nobody can work on that without a test case.
>
> Andrei
>

The only one I have is about 450 lines long.  If you want I could send 
it to you.  (I probably shouldn't just post it.)