ImportC + -H = bindings
Kapendev
alexandroskapretsos at gmail.com
Fri Apr 24 01:09:28 UTC 2026
I recently made a script/library called
[Clonoa](https://github.com/Kapendev/clonoa) that generates D
bindings from C files using ImportC.
The way it works is really simple:
1. Runs: `compiler -o- -H file.c`
2. Parses the `.di` file from the command above and prints a
cleaned version of it to stdout.
The generated output tries to avoid some redefinitions of Libc
symbols and it assumes that names starting with `_` are always
private, so they get skipped.
Overall it does a good job of including the right things.
For example, I was able to create bindings for SDL2 and use them.
To use the script via DUB, you can run:
```
dub run clonoa
```
Or even simpler, copy-paste the script into your own project.
Clonoa is just one D file.
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