GSOC Linker project

[Roald Ribe]

On Thu, 03 May 2012 19:47:19 -0300, Pierre LeMoine <yarr.luben+dlang at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I'm interested in starting a project to make a linker besides
> optlink for dmd on windows. If possible it'd be cool to run it as
> a gsoc-project, but if that's not an option I'll try to get it
> admitted as a soc-project at my university.
>
> Anyway, the project would aim to be a replacement or alternative
> to optlink on windows. I've personally encountered quite a few
> seemingly random problems with optlink, and the error messages
> are not exactly friendly. My vision is to create a linker in a
> relatively modern language (D) and to release the project as open
> source.
>
> So, I'm curious about some things; Is it too late to get this
> accepted as a summer of code project? Are there any current
> alternative linkers for dmd on windows, or any current projects
> aiming to create one? And do any of you know of a "Everything you
> need to know to write the best linker ever" resource center? ;]

If you are interested in getting results rather than reinventing the wheel,
I would advice you to have a look at the openwatcom.org wlink, and the
forked jwlink as a starting point. The linker is open source, written in
C and has user documentation (not source doc unfortunately).

Roald