The dmd backend should generate .pdb files for visual studio.

[12345swordy]

On Sunday, 21 February 2021 at 11:39:29 UTC, kinke wrote:
> On Sunday, 21 February 2021 at 09:57:42 UTC, kinke wrote:
>> On Sunday, 21 February 2021 at 01:14:57 UTC, 12345swordy wrote:
>>> [...]
>>
>> This *is* the DMD output dude...
>
> Sorry, missed the '*compiling dmd* with dmd' part. Well, *you* 
> are *now* talking about that specific non-trivial project with 
> a lot of extern(C++). You started out with .pdb generation, 
> mentioning some DWARF-to-PDB conversion, ripping some 'ancient 
> CodeView' quote out of its -m32 context, then went on with 
> claiming that DMD wouldn't output any type debuginfos at all 
> etc., so you seemed to go in a completely wrong direction. Most 
> stuff is working as expected; what isn't ought to be analyzed 
> and fixed as with any other bugs and limitations.

The solution file that comes with dmd isn't generating any type 
information for dmd apparently.

-Alex