Cross-platform dynamic libraries (GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, ...)

[Gregor Richards]

Tomas Lindquist Olsen wrote:
> Gregor Richards wrote:
> 
>> Hugues De Keyzer wrote:
>>> Another question: is it safe to directly load a mangled D symbol like
>>> this:
>>>
>>> void* test = dlsym(handle, "_D8mymodule8MyModule4testFZv");
>>>
>>> for static void MyModyle.test()?
>>>
>>> It works, but will it work an all platforms?
>>>
>> The mangling is the same on all platforms, so that should work, but is
>> bound to break eventually. Better would be to make an extern (C) symbol
>> in the loaded library.
>>
>>   - Gregor Richards
> 
> There is also the .mangleof property.

Yes, that's the reliable cross-platform etc etc way to do it. I was 
assuming he didn't necessarily have the .d[i] file corresponding to the 
library, but I guess that doesn't make any sense :)

  - Gregor Richards