Derlict binding with out_of_link_module struct definitions

Rikki Cattermole via Digitalmars-d-learn digitalmars-d-learn at puremagic.com
Sun Jun 7 05:12:08 PDT 2015


On 7/06/2015 11:53 p.m., ParticlePeter wrote:
> Wow, sometimes tough to find a good subject and issue description.
> I am working on a dynamic binding to the mantle32.dll following
> DerelictGL and DerelictCl.
> Functions in the mantle dll use structs as argument types. I would like
> to define those structs in a module derelict.mantle.types ( as in
> DerelictGL/CL ) and import them in module derelict.mantle.mantle. Module
> mantle does have the required hooks:
>
> import DerelictUtil;
> import some_other_module_which_needs_the_struct_definitions;
>
> // struct definitions required
> class DerelictMantleLoader : SharedLibLoader { ... }
>
> Unfortunatelly I get an optilink error telling me that the required
> structs are undefined.
> Putting the struct definitions back into module derelict.mantle.mantle
> does work, but this is not an option as it will lead to cross import
> issues later on. The structs are also required in module
> some_other_module_... and that module ( which should handle
> mantleExtensions ) must also be imported in module derelict.mantle.mantle.
>
> I tried using opaque structs in module mantle which also didn't work.
>
> How can I have those structs have defined in a different module than
> that which is linking to the dll ?
>
> Regards, ParticlePeter

Is the source code so far up somewhere with the errors being given?


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