dmd support for IDEs and the D tool chain

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 10/16/09 14:27, Denis Koroskin wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:20:31 +0400, Ary Borenszweig
> <ary at esperanto.org.ar> wrote:
>
>> Denis Koroskin wrote:
>>> On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:06:59 +0400, Jacob Carlborg <doob at me.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Here is my thoughts and what I think is needed to build a really
>>>> good IDE and maybe get some attention from the enterprise. It's
>>>> really not enough for the compiler to output some json for an IDE to
>>>> use, the whole tool chain needs to be revised.
>>>>
>>>> Compiler:
>>>> * Written in D
>>>> * Supports all major platform
>>>> * 32 and 64bit support
>>>> * Doesn't have annoying bugs like forward reference errors and problem
>>>> with the linker
>>>> * Built with and IDE in mind
>>>> * Can be built as a (dynamic)library
>>>> * Can build dynamic libraries
>>>> * Supports incremental builds
>>>> * Has clearly separate components, especially the front- and back-end.
>>>> * Has a license that allows it to be built into an IDE and/or shipped
>>>> with an IDE
>>>> * Basically something like LLVM + Clang
>>>>
>>>> Compiler or separate tool:
>>>> * Automatically tracks all dependencies and builds the
>>>> application/library (like DSSS)
>>>>
>>>> GUI library:
>>>> * Written in D
>>>> * Supports all major platforms (mac, linux, win)
>>>> * Uses native controls (as much as possible) to draw its controls
>>>> * Supports (de)serializing controls (Glade, nib)
>>>>
>>>> IDE:
>>>> * Written in D
>>>> * Be able to show syntax and semantic errors as you type
>>>> * Autocompletion
>>>> * Refactoring
>>>> * Building
>>>> * Supports incremental builds
>>>> * Basically something like Eclipse JDT
>>>>
>>>> GUI builder:
>>>> * Supports (de)serializing controls (Glade, nib)
>>>> * Basically something like Interface Builder, Glade
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> All of the above would be the most optimal. For example, everything
>>>> don't have to be built in D but for building an IDE in D I think
>>>> that it would be easier.
>>>>
>>> I can't agree more. Everything you wrote is in my TODO list, starting
>>> with a compiler, which already compiles most of the druntime (and
>>> hopefully will compile it fully by the end of this week). I'll
>>> release it to public as soon as Brad creates a project page at dsource.
>>
>> Is it a port of DMD? Because I think the main problem with above is
>> that the front-end is not very good... I think it has a lot of evolved
>> code and starting from scratch might be a good idea.
>
> Yes, it's a DMD port. Unfortunately, there is no other mature D
> front-end at present. Other folks are working on D compilers (dil, dang,
> ...) but the progress is very slow.

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