Could DRuntime be implemented as a shared library?

[Nicholas Wilson via Digitalmars-d]

On Wednesday, 31 May 2017 at 19:58:44 UTC, solidstate1991 wrote:
>> Won't work, TypeInfo doesn't cross the shared library boundary 
>> atm. This is probably the real blocker for shared libs on 
>> Windows (includes Phobos as a DLL).
>>
>> The GC can be swapped out already at runtime, just need shared 
>> libs to be working properly :)
>
> Where can I read more about this TypeInfo issue? In July I'll 
> have a bit more free time, maybe I can help with it.
>
>> We already do all this, on Linux (and I think OSX too) 
>> Phobos+druntime is built as a shared library by default.
>
> I knew that under Linux Phobos is a shared library, I didn't 
> know about the rest.

I'd suggest starting with Benjamin Thaut's DConf 2016 talk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQRHxI2SrYM