readline / Gnu readline

[Adam D. Ruppe]

On Wednesday, 29 January 2020 at 20:01:32 UTC, Michael wrote:
> I am new to D.
> I would like to use the Gnu readline function in D. Is there a 
> module that i can use?

just define it yourself

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// this line right here is all you need to call the function
extern(C) char* readline(const char*);

import core.stdc.stdio;

void main() {
     char* a = readline("prompt> ");
     printf("%s\n", a);
}

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# and also link it in at the command line with -L-lreadline
  dmd rl -L-lreadline



readline is so simple you don't need to do anything fancier. If 
you need history and such too you just define those functions as 
well.