Add ImportC compiler to dmd
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nise at nise.com
Tue May 11 18:46:26 UTC 2021
On Tuesday, 11 May 2021 at 18:37:22 UTC, 12345swordy wrote:
>
> Read the change log, there are no plans for importing C++
> files. C (without the preprocessor nonsense) is a very simple
> programming language. There are huge number of C libraries out
> there. The ability to simply import them and "Just work" will
> be a huge boost to adoption rate when it comes the d language.
>
> -Alex
Without the preprocessor many header files will not work. C is
general littered with #ifdef. Commonplace is the #ifdef
__cplusplus and without the preprocessor the C++ will collide
with the C part.
The importC that will "just work", will not be the reality. It's
not worth it in my opinion.
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