Q: DSSS: Library name being prefixed with S

[Myron Alexander]

Kirk McDonald wrote:
> 
> Gregor might be able to answer this more completely, but it is so that 
> you can have multiple different versions of the library installed 
> side-by-side in DSSS. That's not the only prefix. I believe there are 
> others for whether it was compiled with DMD or GDC; whether it's a 
> static library or a dynamic one; and maybe whether it uses Phobos vs. 
> Tango. (I don't recall what 'S' on its own means.)
> 
> The idea is that, if you're compiling with DSSS, you'll also be 
> compiling anything using your library with DSSS. DSSS knows what all 
> those prefixes mean, and it should Just Work. If you want more complete 
> control over the compilation process, you can try using Rebuild directly 
> (althogh then you lose the extra power of DSSS.)
> 

It makes sense in that context but it is not what I want. I tried 
rebuild but it kept on complaining about not having a module declaration 
in my main file so I have gone back to Bud for now.

Until D gets a better library mechanism, I will be using source 
libraries. My library is open-source anyway so it does not affect me, yet.