[SAoC] DPP Project

[Andre Pany]

On Tuesday, 13 August 2019 at 21:01:46 UTC, Cristian Becerescu 
wrote:
> Hello!
>
> My name is Cristi, I'm a final year Computer Science student 
> and I've recently heard about SAoC, which I'm very excited 
> about.
>
> I'm specifically interested in the DPP project, which is 
> enabling direct C/C++ header inclusion in D files. Now, as far 
> as I understand, there are several issues with DPP (not working 
> with some Linux headers, probably due to specific GCC flags) 
> which need to be solved, and I would be really grateful if 
> people from the D community could give me some advice regarding 
> this.
>
> What do you think about this SAoC project overall? Do you have 
> any suggestions about it?
> What do you think is a good starting point for dealing with 
> this project?
> What technologies should I familiarize myself with? (llvm, gcc, 
> other linux internals etc.)
> Is DPP a big deal for the D community? Have you tried using it? 
> What problems have you encountered while using it? What are 
> some current limitations of DPP that bother you?
>
> Thank you,
> Cristi

Hello Cristi,

I am not an expert in this area, but direct usage of c/c++ header 
files sounds like a killer feature for D. From a technical point 
I cannot say wheter this is feasible but it would be really great 
to have this feature.

Kind regards
Andre