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| into D code. Being able to handle forward references means it is not necessary to even | ||
| write a .h file to be able to import C declarations into D. Being able to perform CTFE is | ||
| very handy for testing that ImportC is working without needing to generated an executable. | ||
| But, in general, the strong temptation to add D features to ImportC has been resisted.) |
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What "strong temptation to add D features"? I thought it was very clear from the start that the goal was to import existing C code, not write new C with D features mixed in.
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That is clear. But I am tempted, and people will ask "why not" add some.
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What kind of D features are you tempted to add to ImportC? I think this paragraph leaves some open questions to the reader, another example:
Being able to perform CTFE is very handy for testing that ImportC is working without needing to generate an executable.
Why is this handy?
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What kind of D features are you tempted to add to ImportC?
Like make . work as a substitute for ->
Why is this handy?
The test suite runs much faster if it doesn't have to generate an executable.
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This is very offtopic here. Consider putting it on the forum instead? https://forum.dlang.org |
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@mingodad What you posted is a valuable contribution, but as @FeepingCreature mentioned your post was quite off-topic, as I had to hide it. (Please don't take it personal or even as against your proposal!) Can you please post your proposal as an enhanced request on https://issues.dlang.org (our Bugzilla instance, which we use for issue tracking)? Additionallly, as @FeepingCreature mentioned, you can also post it on https://forum.dlang.org, to invite more feedback from the community. |
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