Proposal for a standard for D library naming

[Anders F Björklund]

Gregor Richards wrote:

> Also, I wouldn't be particularly opposed to moving the 'D' to the end, I 
> just think that makes the suffixing a but confusing *shrugs*

I think there is a Windows standard that libraries with d suffix
means "debugging" versions, so a D prefix might actually be better.

> Remember, the entire purpose of this is for a build tool (say, build) to 
> conform to a standard.  Only the build tool needs to figure out the 
> flags for DMD/GDC, the person compiling should get the libraries "for 
> free."

I haven't gotten Build to work for me, so I am still using Make.
To make things easier, I am using "gcc" to link - even for DMD.

--anders