core.sys/core.stdc vs. std.c?
David Nadlinger
see at klickverbot.at
Sun Jun 12 08:37:49 PDT 2011
On 6/12/11 5:06 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 6/12/11 1:38 AM, David Nadlinger wrote:
>> core.stdc is the place for C standard library modules, core.sys.* are
>> where the C operating system header translations reside – this is our
>> current policy, right? If so (I can't actually remember any formal
>> decision or discussion), is there a reason we still have so much code in
>> std.c?
>>
>> David
>
> The reason is a smart GSoC student didn't yet come and deprecate them :o).
Smart? Can't possibly be me… ;)
On a closer look, I discovered that contrary to core.sys.posix and
core.sys.osx, which only have C header translations, core.sys.windows.*
also contains support code like backtrace.d, thradaux.d, etc.
Is the »official« package structure actually documented anywhere?
David
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