To avoid some linking errors

[Benjamin Thaut]

Am 28.10.2012 22:38, schrieb David Nadlinger:
> On Sunday, 28 October 2012 at 20:59:25 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> It baffles me that programmers would find "undefined symbol" hard to
>> make sense of.
>
> Do really think that your typical Java programmer is familiar with the
> term »symbol« in the compiler/linker sense? Also, don't underestimate
> the perceived scariness/ugliness of mangled names in linker error
> messages. I'm pretty much fluent in reading D mangled names by now, but
> most newcomers definitely aren't.
>
> That, coupled with the absence of the typical source location
> information (IDE integration!), is probably enough to make encountering
> such errors a significantly more unpleasant experience for most people
> than compiler errors.
>
> Again, maybe not for you, maybe not for me, but I think it is clear that
> this is a problem to some, so the discussion should not be about talking
> the problem away, but rather about evaluating possible
> solutions/mitigation strategies in terms of feasibility (e.g. name
> demangling in linker output?).
>
> David


VisualD has a command line tool that demangels linker error messages and 
makes them more readable.

Kind Regards
Benjamin Thaut