Derlict binding with out_of_link_module struct definitions

[ParticlePeter via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Sunday, 7 June 2015 at 12:12:16 UTC, Rikki Cattermole wrote:
> 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?

Nope, only a working version with all the stuff in one module, 
git DerelictMantle.