importC int128 support timeline and other problem

[Lance Bachmeier]

On Friday, 30 August 2024 at 10:38:23 UTC, Dakota wrote:
> On Friday, 30 August 2024 at 08:54:54 UTC, Lance Bachmeier 
> wrote:
>> On Friday, 30 August 2024 at 06:31:27 UTC, Dakota wrote:
>>> the most important one is int128 support, I am not sure when 
>>> it will be support or ever will be supported. or there will 
>>> be workaround.
>>
>> Does your hardware support it? That message looks like the C 
>> preprocessor telling you it's not supported on your machine.
>>
>> https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/_005f_005fint128.html
>
> This error is report by dmd or ldc with importC, I guess it 
> cause by d can not handle int128 type.

https://dlang.org/spec/importc.html#preprocessor

"ImportC does not have a preprocessor. It is designed to compile 
C files after they have been first run through the C 
preprocessor...If the C file has a .c extension, ImportC will run 
the preprocessor for it automatically."