D hates to be dynamic linked

Robert Jacques sandford at jhu.edu
Sun Feb 21 08:21:41 PST 2010


On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:06:44 -0500, Lutger <lutger.blijdestijn at gmail.com>  
wrote:
> Justin Johansson wrote:
>
>> Eldar Insafutdinov wrote:
>>> Steve Teale Wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:41:20 -0500, g wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I tried to get some attention for this problem again a couple of weeks
>>>> ago (see the "special treat" thread), and everyone who replied said
>>>> "yes, we really need this", but Walter does not want to go there.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Is it really true? That's a big shame. Being able to define and use
>>> plugins in a clean cross-platform way is on of the essential features  
>>> of
>>> big software packages that D aims at to be used in. The solution to  
>>> this
>>> problem should really be a top priority, at least I have hoped so.
>>
>> Yes it is really true.
>>
>> You would have read of my dyna-link saga four posts above yours
>> and, reiterating, that sadly was the final show-stopper for me
>> to continue to using D.
>
> At the risk of asking a dumb question, what is the major roadblock? Is  
> it in
> the GC? Does it require changing the runtime only, or is it also  
> required to
> make changes in the compiler (backend)?

I know one issue in D1 is the GC. That's been fixed in D2 with druntime.



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