DIP 45 - approval discussion

[Benjamin Thaut]

Am 18.11.2013 06:12, schrieb Walter Bright:
> On 11/15/2013 7:34 AM, Benjamin Thaut wrote:
>> Am 15/11/2013 08:32, schrieb Walter Bright:
>>> It's not that bad. Phobos can be built by specifying all the files on
>>> the command line.
>>>
>>> Also, at least on Windows, you can call functions in a DLL without
>>> saying dllimport on them and suffering a layer of indirection. The magic
>>> happens in the import library, which provides the relevant thunk. It's
>>> about 15 years since I worked on this stuff, so I might be a bit fuzzy
>>> on the details.
>>
>> I know that. And we are using that fact in DIP 45. For data symbols we
>> did
>> suggest a similar behaviour that has to be implemented by us first.
>> And yes we
>> need data symbols, because of all the implicit data symbols the D
>> programming
>> language generates. TypeInfos, vtables etc.
>>
>> I suggest that you read all the links I gave for further reading in
>> DIP 45 and
>> DIP 45 again, because you are pretty close to what we suggested in DIP 45
>> without actually realizing it.
>
> I'm very much against the suggested rewriting of obj files to strip the
> export records :-)
>

That can easily be avoided by suppling a compiler switch which either 
actives exporting (if it is off by default) or deactivating export (if 
it is on by default).

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Kind Regards
Benjamin Thaut