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[Kyle Furlong]

Yassin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Actually i'm developping a small kernel in C++. and i think using 'D' would be
> helpful so i'm seriously thinking to port the C++ code to D (Actually i've
> implemented Interrupt/Exception handling, Slab allocator, Basic virtual mem
> manager and a multilevel feedback sheduler).
> What i'm looking for actually is:
> 
> - enabling langauge features. like string switch cases, dynamic arrays slicing,
> runtime type identification
> - enabling exception handling to integrate with  cpu exceptions.
> - explicit memory management (possibly enabling gc in the user space)
> 
> my question is related to the Runtime helper functions used by the compiler to
> implement those features ? i've looked at the ABI but the section is marked To
> be Done. i've also started learning some phobos code especially the 'internal'
> module (i guess this contains functions used by the compiler). but if anyone can
> guide me it will be helpful (excuse my bad english).
> 
> i dont intend to use the entire phobos library (may be later)just the features i
> need in the kernel code.
> 
> 

Hi Yassin! If you take a look at 
http://dsource.org/projects/titan/browser you can see how we have dealt 
with some of these problems. Please dont copy paste the code, as its 
licensed, but feel free to look and learn.