DMD + Dynamic Library.

[evilrat via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Wednesday, 8 March 2017 at 18:21:35 UTC, Damien Gibson wrote:
> On Wednesday, 8 March 2017 at 06:28:47 UTC, Jerry wrote:
>> You have to use "export" for any symbol to be visible from a 
>> dll. On Windows by default nothing is exported.
>
> Would "export" and "export extern(D):" not be the same? Im 
> confuseled..

They are independent.

"export" simply tells compiler/linker to make symbol public(i.e. 
available for dynamic loading from lib), note that on *nix 
systems all symbols are public by default.

"extern" thing controls symbol name mangling and calling 
conventions(yes, it has no meaning for data)