macros in importC

[Paul Backus]

On Thursday, 11 December 2025 at 10:27:12 UTC, Emmanuel wrote:
> maybe a real example in zlib, C programmers are found to write 
> code like
>
> ```
> #define zlibversion zlibVersion()
> ```

In D, a function call with no arguments can be [written without 
the parentheses][1], so you could translate this to D like this:

```d
alias zlibversion = zlibVersion;
```

And usage would looks like this:

```d
if (zlibversion == whatever)
     // do something
```

[1]: https://dlang.org/spec/function.html#optional-parenthesis