[D-runtime] [dmd-internals] why core/thread.d and core/thread.di in druntime?

[Sean Kelly]

I think this had something to do with working towards shared library support.  thread.di used to be automatically generated.  See:

https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/druntime/pull/132

On Jan 3, 2013, at 12:12 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu <andrei at erdani.com> wrote:

> +bcc dmd-internals
> +d-runtime
> +Sean Kelly
> 
> Any definite response on this? What is special about thread.d/di? It's the only file in that directory that has a separate header.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Andrei
> 
> On 1/3/13 2:40 PM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
>> On Thursday, January 03, 2013 14:12:34 Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>> See
>>> 
>>> https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/druntime/blob/master/src/core/thre
>>> ad.d
>>> 
>>> https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/druntime/blob/master/src/core/thre
>>> ad.di
>>> 
>>> Why?
>> 
>> Wouldn't this question belong in the Runtime list?
>> 
>> In any case, it's my understanding that thread.d/di is being treated the same
>> as object_.d / object.di in that the .di files is being maintained manually.
>> 
>> - Jonathan M Davis
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