extern(C++) in win32.mak

[Paul D Anderson]

On Wednesday, 7 February 2018 at 06:18:04 UTC, rikki cattermole 
wrote:
> On 07/02/2018 6:05 AM, Paul D Anderson wrote:
>> I don't understand the following line in dmd/src/win32.mak:
>> 
>> extern (C++) __gshared const(char)* ddoc_default = import 
>> ("default_ddoc_theme.ddoc");
>
> That is a string import (-J).
>
>> What does the word "import" mean in this context? I can't find 
>> any documentation on the use of import in this way, and the 
>> line fails to compile during the make.
>
> https://dlang.org/spec/expression.html#import_expressions

Thank you. I did not know that.

The error was caused by an over-zealous virus checker preventing 
some dmc executables from downloading.

Paul