built in import c header files

[evilrat]

On Monday, 19 April 2021 at 06:51:54 UTC, FeepingCreature wrote:
> On Tuesday, 6 October 2020 at 20:59:54 UTC, 12345swordy wrote:
>> I remember reading a reddit comment saying that if d were to 
>> import c header files directly without any 3rd party libraries 
>> it would be a game changer. The question is: how difficult to 
>> implement a C AST parser for the dmd front end?
>>
>>
>> -Alex
>
> I've been doing this in both of my compiled languages. (fcc 
> first, built-in, and now in cx as a macro.)
>
> For an example of it in action, check out my glfw sample 
> https://github.com/FeepingCreature/Cx/blob/master/demos/glfw.cx 
> , or the macro code for it 
> https://github.com/FeepingCreature/Cx/blob/master/src/cx/macros/cimport.cx .
>
> ...
>
> I can wholeheartedly recommend any language do this. It unlocks 
> a lot of value and removes a lot of manual work.

Yeah, just until it fails to convert something and blocks 
compilation, where no manual fixes is possible or not even 
allowed by design.