On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 09:47:16PM +0000, IGotD- via Digitalmars-d-learn wrote: > On Thursday, 15 October 2020 at 21:29:59 UTC, WhatMeWorry wrote: > > > > I've go a small DLL and a test module both written in D. Why do I > > need to use the extern(C)? Shouldn't both sides be using D name > > wrangling? > > > > You have answered your own question. If you're not using extern(C), D > just like C++ adds a lot of name mangling which is not "addSeven" but > extra characters as well. GetProcAddress which is a Windows call has > no idea about D name mangling and therefore will not find the > function.
You can use .mangleof to get the mangled name of a D function that you can then lookup with GetProcAddress. T -- Notwithstanding the eloquent discontent that you have just respectfully expressed at length against my verbal capabilities, I am afraid that I must unfortunately bring it to your attention that I am, in fact, NOT verbose.
