What's up with the windows headers?

Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d digitalmars-d at puremagic.com
Fri Jan 2 13:48:33 PST 2015


On 1/2/2015 6:27 AM, Jack wrote:
> For newcomers doing the jump from C++ to D and current D users, wanting to
> program on windows, the missing windows import files are like a major step back.
> In C++ you got the full headers & stuff - ready to use.
>
> The incomplete 'core.sys.windows.windows' isn't enough and sometime interferes
> with the necessary definitions you do on your own since you are forced to do it.
>
> This way to exclude most windows users and thats where you might win a lot of
> new programmers, due to the nice support via Visual D.
>
> Is that on the agenda/road map?

When you find yourself inserting the necessary definitions manually in your 
code, file a PR as well to put them in windows.d. If that is too much work, then 
just cut&paste your extern(Windows) { ... } block into a bugzilla bug report.


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