built in import c header files

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On Tuesday, 6 October 2020 at 22:42:11 UTC, 12345swordy wrote:
> On Tuesday, 6 October 2020 at 21:04:20 UTC, Meta wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 6 October 2020 at 20:59:54 UTC, 12345swordy wrote:
>>> I remember reading a reddit comment saying that if d were to 
>>> import c header files directly without any 3rd party 
>>> libraries it would be a game changer. The question is: how 
>>> difficult to implement a C AST parser for the dmd front end?
>>>
>>>
>>> -Alex
>>
>> You're in luck: https://github.com/atilaneves/dpp
>
> What part of "built in and not part of a 3rd party library" do 
> you not understand?

You could easily work it out for yourself by looking at any C 
parser and the DMD front. But why bother with C, it is trivial to 
generate C bindings from headers. C++ is where it becomes 
complicated and where it would be useful.