Dicebot on leaving D: It is anarchy driven development in all its glory.

[Nicholas Wilson]

On Sunday, 26 August 2018 at 23:39:32 UTC, Manu wrote:
> We could really use robust tools to produce a matching C++ .h 
> file
> from the extern symbols in a D module, and likewise a .di file 
> from a
> C/C++ header.
> This category of tooling has many existing instances, it's
> overwhelming. As far as I can tell, they're all experimental, or
> broken, or designed only to target a specific application 
> (DMD), etc.
> I think it would be an advantage if there were *one* tool, that 
> works,
> in both directions, which is advertised, recommended, and 
> maintained
> by the core group.
> I've evaluated them all before at various points in time, but 
> the
> landscape keeps shifting. Someone, please give me a prominent
> hyperlink to the solution that *works*, and instructions. I 
> don't have
> energy to re-do comprehensive evaluations on this front, I'm 
> spent.
> Agree on one, make it the official one, and then track bugs 
> against it
> in bugzilla?

I know this isn't quite what you asked for but you should get in 
contact with Iain to generalise 
https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/8591/files
As for the other direction, I'd suggest talking to Atila to get 
app working for your use cases.

This is about as official as its going to get.