Request: make coff2omf free

[Jarrett Billingsley]

"Frits van Bommel" <fvbommel at REMwOVExCAPSs.nl> wrote in message 
news:erpp6f$2cka$1 at digitalmars.com...
> torhu wrote:
>> I'm working on translating headers for a C lib called allegroGL to D. The 
>> C lib isn't set up for building DLLs on windows, only libs for static 
>> linking.  So I'm stuck with mingw or msvc lib files that I can't link 
>> with my D objects.
>>
>> Getting this library to compile to a DLL requires adapting the source, 
>> creating .def files, etc.  I'm not too keen on that.
>>
>> So Mr. Bright: I'm wondering if you could make coff2omf available as part 
>> of the basic utility package, like implib already is.  I think it's fair 
>> to say that this is in the interest of encouraging adoptation of D. :)
>
> Can't you just compile it with DMC? It shares the backend with DMD, so it 
> should produce link-compatible output.

Not all libraries come with source.  Yeah, you'll probably say "then you 
shouldn't use them" but that's just impractical.