Why is D unpopular?

[H. S. Teoh]

On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 04:18:41PM +0000, IGotD- via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On Friday, 13 May 2022 at 13:30:56 UTC, Daniel N wrote:
> > 
> > I have zero interest in adding custom build steps in exotic build
> > systems to generate bindings, nor is it possible to generate static
> > bindings because all other teams update their *.h files daily and we
> > need to be able to use the new features without manual steps.
> > 
> 
> ... but import C require a custom build step today to remove all
> preprocessor text from the .h file. You must have zero interest in
> import C in that case.

This is why I said, ImportC must be able to preprocess the imported .h
file, otherwise it does not add much value to what we already have (not
enough to justify its existence anyway).


T

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