The issue with libraries that use Windows API prototypes

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2011-07-10 15:50, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
> On 7/10/11, Jacob Carlborg<doob at me.com>  wrote:
>> This would be less of an issue when we get a package manager for D.
>
> Yeah I would agree with this. For example, to use the winapi in Python
> you would have to install http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/ .
> Although for Windows these python packages come in a installation
> setup form, it's still damn easy to install one and even pick which
> Python version to install it for. As soon as you've got that package
> installed, you're pretty much covered for any python code that uses
> winapi.
>
> DSSS seemed like a good idea although its codebase scares me a little. :>

I'm already working on a package manager for D.

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/Jacob Carlborg