Win32 API Tango / using what ?

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Sascha Katzner schrieb:
> Lars Ivar Igesund wrote:
>> Also note that there are/used to be codegen issues and compile speed 
>> issues.
>> Since all the Win32 headers are linked together like spaghetti, you risk
>> having to compile all every time (and they are big, so it gets slow).
> 
> If you use the provided makefile it creates a lib with all headers. You 
> can simply link this file in your projects without the need to recompile 
> it every time.
> 


Seems that GNU Make is needed. Can you confirm ?

I am a Tango fan. So I want to build my Windows GUI in conjunction with 
Tango but I WONDER how to manage it to use (to a certain degree) the 
binding project win sources and the  Tango windows. stuff.
Well I think the Tango forum is a better place to ask.

Thanks Bjoern




>> The above also means that the binary size increase a lot, as every module
>> compiled into a D program, adds about 500 bytes.
>> The direct port meant using static const variables a lot, and these 
>> was put
>> into the executable, increasing binary size by a large quantity of bytes.
>> Using enums instead would fix this, but seemed like an onerous task at 
>> the
>> time.
> 
> I don't know if static const have this effect but we use enums anyway 
> everywhere it is reasonable: 
> http://www.dsource.org/projects/bindings/wiki/WindowsApi/Instructions
> 
> ...and my observation is that the linker only includes what he needs 
> from the lib file. So you can simply include all headers (via simple 
> "import win32.windows;") without it adding even a byte to your executable.
> 
> LLAP,
> Sascha Katzner