Windows Universal/Store apps support

[Rikki Cattermole via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On 29/05/2015 7:03 p.m., Paulo Pinto wrote:
> On Friday, 29 May 2015 at 03:23:39 UTC, Rikki Cattermole wrote:
>> On 29/05/2015 3:57 a.m., Olivier Prince wrote:
>>> I searched the forum to find if there is some support for new Windows
>>> development technologies and I didn't find anything related (except some
>>> rants about WinRT 3 years ago).
>>>
>>> - Is there any support in D or phobos for developping this kind of
>>> applications?
>>
>> No.
>>
>>> - Does D support ARM as Windows target?
>>
>> Yes/No. ldc/gdc guys probably are a good place to start.
>>
>>> - Are there any plans to support the specific libraries in this respect
>>> (something like C++/CX extensions or COM metadata files)?
>>
>> What exactly do you need?
>
> WinRT is an evolution of COM with a .NET feel to the API.
>
> Basically it is COM where objects also need to implement a new
> interface, IInspectable, and .NET metadata stored in .winmd files is
> used instead of COM type libraries.
>
> In a way WinRT is the return of Ext-VOS, the original idea behind .NET.
> Most likely caused by the Longhorn failure to write everything in .NET,
> as most new Windows APIs have been introduced as COM components since
> Vista.
>
> So any language targeting WinRT, or Universal Apps as they are now
> known, needs to to support COM alongside the required interfaces for
> interoperability between languages and be able to consume/produce .NET
> metadata files.
>
> --
> Paulo

D already supports COM.
For .winmd, you should be good to go for -m32mscoff and -m64! Just add 
LFLAGS="/winmd"

Although this really really needs to be tested.