[D-runtime] druntime should be a shared library/DLL

[Walter Bright]

On 2/20/2013 12:16 AM, Rainer Schuetze wrote:
> On 15.02.2013 23:34, Rainer Schuetze wrote:
>>
>> In contrast to the version in the bugzilla report (which linked the DM C
>> runtime library snn.lib into the DLL, but exported all its symbols) I
>> now used the shared C runtime library snd.lib which is the import
>> library for sccrt70.dll). I think that this is the better approach as it
>> allows sharing the C runtime with non-D DLLs. In addition it is easier
>> to translate to other C-runtimes.
>>
>> Now I realize that this library and the DLL are not found in the free
>> dmc compiler distribution, but only in the commercial distribution.
>> Walter, is there a problem with also adding snd.lib and sccrt70.dll to
>> the DMD release?
>
>
> Ping. Walter, does it make sense to assume that snd.lib and sccrt70.dll will 
> be distributed with dmd?


They need updating first. But I suspect users would prefer that there just be 
one dll (your first approach).