[dmd-beta] 64 bit beta for Linux

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Again, all we need to do is use a different macro than the default one. 
In hindsight, using D_Ddoc is a mistake as the user does not want to 
generate docs for Phobos but she does want to import stuff from it.

Andrei

On 2/6/11 8:44 PM, Jason House wrote:
> On Feb 6, 2011, at 6:58 PM, Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg at gmx.com
> <mailto:jmdavisProg at gmx.com>> wrote:
>>
>> You really shouldn't be compiling with ddoc enabled unless you're
>> building the
>> documentation. There are just too many cases where you need separate
>> declarations for ddoc - often because of differences between OSes.
>> There are
>> cases where the ddoc version is different _on purpose_. In the case of
>> std.file.DirEntry.isDir, it's const on Windows because it can be. But
>> because it
>> can't be on Linux, the ddoc version doesn't list it that way. Now,
>> maybe it's on
>> negligble benefit to have isDir const on Windows given that it can't
>> be on Linux,
>> but there are definitely cases where ddoc is forced to be different
>> from a
>> particular OS' version of a declaration, simply because that
>> declaration is
>> different on different systems.
>>
>> Do _not_ expect your code to work if you compile with ddoc enabled.
>
> Such requirements feel like a failure of design. Are there any lessons
> learned from these kinds of problems? I'm sure Walter did not intend
> separate ddoc versions.
>
>
>
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