X86_mscoff / x86_64 as default for dub projects (windows)

[Andre Pany]

On Friday, 7 December 2018 at 06:52:41 UTC, rikki cattermole 
wrote:
> On 07/12/2018 11:50 AM, Basile B. wrote:
>> 
>> I'd  wish this too (i also wish DWARF info in mscoff). 
>> Unfortunately last time i tried to built DCD using -m64 (and 
>> MINGW stuff + LLD) the resulting PE crashed, so maybe there 
>> are problems to fix before switching.
>
> Agreed we should hold off until mingw + lld stuff gain more 
> maturity.
> Then we can swap over fully with minimal pain.

Thanks a lot for the opinions. Maybe we could check that e.g. all 
dub packages
compiles fine (and unittests succeeds) with LLD to check the 
maturity.
When we reached that level we can switch the default architecture.

I also like the idea to switch the architecture in DMD itself to 
avoid surprises.
And I really like to have a 64 bit DMD executable. Fortunately it 
is created
by the nightly builds, but having it as release download would be 
really great.

Kind regards
André