Tango: Out of Date Installation Instructions

[Benji Smith]

Christopher Wright wrote:
> Benji Smith wrote:
>> Anyhow, the particular error I'm getting when I try to compile my code 
>> (using "dsss build") is this:
>>
>>    module FileConduit cannot read file 'tango\io\device\FileConduit.d'
> 
> Does tango.io.device.FileConduit still exist? It doesn't in my copy of 
> tango.

You're right! Problem solved!

I could have sworn I was using the 0.99.7 version of tango before, but I 
guess I had been using an older release.

> You don't need to compile FileConduit, but the frontend needs to know a 
> lot of stuff that would be difficult or impossible to get from a .lib 
> file -- things like function return types and parameter types, or 
> templates. It's basically the same as needing a C header file, even 
> though you have the compiled library.

Gotcha. I keep forgetting how much metainformation is lost in the d 
compilation process.

Thanks for your help!

--benji