DIP 45 - approval discussion

[Benjamin Thaut]

Am 09.11.2013 20:26, schrieb Martin Nowak:
 > On 11/09/2013 08:11 PM, code at benjamin-thaut.de wrote:
 >>> 2. It requires the compiler to rewrite the .obj files, even ones 
 >>> that dmd did not create. I would consider this very surprising
 >>> behavior. The user will be "WTF the object files in the lib are
 >>> different from on my disk! D sux!" -lib is a simple-minded creature
 >>> that currently does exactly what one would expect it to.
 >> I can agree with that. The consensus in the newsgroup dicussion was
 >> though, that this is better then adding another compiler switch for
 >> disabeling dll-exported symbols, because that compiler switch would
 >> need to be added manually, whereas the -lib solution would work
 >> "magically". So the -lib solution whas thought to have better
 >> usability.
 > IIRC the main problem we're trying to solve is the following.
 > If a static library contains object files with exported symbols those
 > will
 > be reexported from an exe/dll that links against the static library.
 > Linking a static library into a dll is rare enough to justify a
 > separate tool,
 > but the exe case is problematic.