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Andrei Alexandrescu Wrote:

> Bill Baxter wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 3:55 PM, John Reimer <terminal.node at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hello Bill,
> >>
> >>
> >>> I think the build time of dwt apps is a much bigger issue right now
> >>> than the size of exes.  The size of exes can be reduced using hacks
> >>> like upx, but there is no fix for the long build times as far as I
> >>> know.
> >>>
> >>> --bb
> >>>
> >>
> >> Totally agree.  The size is just an annoyance.  But currently the build
> >> times are pretty bad.  Recently, I've been frustrating over this especially
> >> while working on the Browser port.  Everytime I want to test a fix, I have
> >> to recompile... which takes ages.  This seems to be partly due to the dsss
> >> dependency (recent version is sloooow).  I've been thinking of adding some
> >> sort of shell script or "make" file to see if this can be improved... at
> >> least for sanities' sake. :-(
> >>
> >> -JJR
> > 
> > Build times with the new dsss push me way past the sanity point, so
> > I've gone back to 0.76, which I think may have never been released.  I
> > think I built it myself from sources.
> > 
> > Build times with 0.76 are just barely tolerable with my app.  But my
> > colleague was telling me today that he wants to do his work on a
> > small, non-DWT test app instead of the main app because the build
> > times are too frustrating for him.
> > 
> > If I were forced to use the latest DSSS, I'd defnitely be trying to do
> > whatever I could to improve the build times, including using "make" if
> > that's what it took.
> > 
> > Hmm... Now that dmd -v will spit out all the modules imported, it
> > might be possible to use that to create a makefile (or a make.deps for
> > use by a makefile) automatically.
> > 
> > --bb
> 
> I suggest people to try rdmd out. It comes with the standard 
> distribution and I'd want to improve it based on feedback.
> 
> http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/rdmd.html
> 
> Andrei
Hi , 
atm I am not at home but I have a nice Windows popen() emulation  based on windows pipes, so not exactly the same, but imo good enough. I can send you the sources when I am back in france. Or just google for popen windows pipes. would be a nice to have rdmd as windoxs too
björn
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