Can we kill the D calling convention already?

[Iain Buclaw]

On 24 April 2012 10:08, Iain Buclaw <ibuclaw at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On 24 April 2012 09:42, Alex Rønne Petersen <xtzgzorex at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Writing portable code is hard enough as it is. Why do we have to have some
>> random, D-specialized calling convention (only on Win32 and only in DMD)?
>> The result of the current state of things is that extern(D) is essentially
>> useless - it has completely different meanings across compilers. You cannot
>> rely on it at all. If memory serves me right, both LDC and GDC just alias it
>> to extern(C), but DMD insists on using this magical D calling convention on
>> Win32.
>>
>
> extern(System) would be a more accurate description of what GDC does,
> as it uses the default calling convention for the target/platform you
> are running on, which may not neccessarily be extern(C).
>

s/ running on / compiling for /


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Iain Buclaw

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