how to import .lib library

[Mike Parker]

On Sunday, 15 August 2021 at 10:40:36 UTC, jfondren wrote:

>>
>> Yeah, that's not possible. You either need the source or a set 
>> of D interface files that declares all the symbols you need.
>
> Meaning, it is possible. On Windows where I assume these .lib 
> files are:

I mentioned C libraries in an earlier post. But the OP did not 
say whether the library is a C library or a D one. If it's a D 
library, then you can't simply declare the functions locally 
because the module name is part of the fully-qualifed name. You 
absolutely need the source or the interface files.

Declaring C functions locally where you need them is fine if you 
only need a handful of sybmols. But when you need multiple 
functions and types from the API, that's going to get unwieldy.