DMD D2: Unittest in static lib

[Ettienne Gilbert]

Hi,

I am experienced in C++ but still a relative D newbie...

I am building a static lib containing a bunch of functions that I often
re-use. I will use these in other exe/dll projects by linking to the lib [and
specifying the necessary Import paths..].

Everything is working ok when I test the concept, but the problem is I cannot
get any unit-tests to run in the lib [even though the compiler "-unittest"
option is passed to DMD compiler and it compiles fine].

I guess the problem is the lib does not have a main(..) function and is not
meant to run as "a standalone". I've therefore created a separate Console
application [and linked to the debug version of the lib], in an attempt to
trigger the unit-tests in the lib - but to no avail.

I can of course do the actual unit-tests inside this Console test application,
but that kinda defeats the purpose of keeping the unit-tests with the actual
code! I would really prefer to keep the unit-tests in the modules of the lib,
and not the test-app module.

I have even  - in desperation [did not really think it would work] - tried to
pass "--main" as an argument to the compiler [described by Andrei in "The D
Programming Language" in $5.1 on p133], in the hope that I can fool the
compiler to create a exe, rather than a lib for the debug version of the lib.
But DMD2.047 does seem to like this compiler switch!

How does one get unit-tests that are inside modules in a lib to run?

Thanks,
Ettienne