Best way to use large C library in D as of 2024

[bachmeier]

On Tuesday, 26 March 2024 at 20:42:00 UTC, Chris Piker wrote:
> On Tuesday, 26 March 2024 at 20:19:27 UTC, bachmeier wrote:
>>
>> Should be able to just use it, as described here: 
>> https://forum.dlang.org/post/qxctappnigkwvaqakeqf@forum.dlang.org Create a .c file that includes the header files and then call the functions you need.
>
> Wow. **That just worked the first time!**  Holy &^@$ that's 
> easy!
>
> So why does the 2nd page returned from the google search
> ```
> interfacing with C site:dlang.org
> ```
> (which happens to be: https://dlang.org/spec/interfaceToC.html) 
> still have this text:
>
>> Since D can call C code directly, it can also call any C 
>> library functions,
>> giving D access to the smorgasbord of existing C libraries. To 
>> do so, however,
>> one needs to write a D interface (.di) file, which is a 
>> translation of the C .h
>> header file for the C library into D.
>> 
>> For popular C libraries, the first place to look for the 
>> corresponding D interface
>> file is the Deimos Project. If it isn't there already, please 
>> write and contribute
>> one to the Deimos Project.
> ?
>
> This lead me to believe that interfacing was a chore and I was 
> considering going back to C for a small program I need.

It's a recent thing that it works this well. Hopefully that page 
gets updated.