Library linking (request)

[Walter Bright]

"Jeremy" <Jeremy_member at pathlink.com> wrote in message 
news:du0gvn$98o$1 at digitaldaemon.com...
> reference "alleg40.dll"
> reference "gameclasses.d"
> reference "libusb.a"
> reference "phobos.lib"
>
> The library type could be extracted by the file extension. That just looks
> awesome :) You have to agree... :) It must be possible -- and I think that 
> would
> put D far ahead of the competition... imagine getting a new library --  
> want to
> install it? Copy hotstuff.xxx to the directory and say 'reference
> "hotstuff.xxx"' in your Game.d and that's it. Want to compile it? Just say 
> 'dmd
> Game.d', that's it (assuming the libraries are in the same directory... -I
> otherwise etc etc.) -- If it isn't a recognizable library, throw a 
> compiler
> error...

The problem with referencing dll's is that you could only reference 
functions that accepted and returned basic types. No classes, no enums, no 
structs, no typedefs.