On Tuesday, 26 March 2024 at 20:42:00 UTC, Chris Piker wrote:
On Tuesday, 26 March 2024 at 20:19:27 UTC, bachmeier wrote:
Should be able to just use it, as described here:
https://forum.dlang.org/post/qxctappnigkwvaqak...@forum.dlang.org Create a .c file that includes the header files and then call the functions you need.
Wow. **That just worked the first time!** Holy &^@$ that's
easy!
So why does the 2nd page returned from the google search
```
interfacing with C site:dlang.org
```
(which happens to be: https://dlang.org/spec/interfaceToC.html)
still have this text:
Since D can call C code directly, it can also call any C
library functions,
giving D access to the smorgasbord of existing C libraries. To
do so, however,
one needs to write a D interface (.di) file, which is a
translation of the C .h
header file for the C library into D.
For popular C libraries, the first place to look for the
corresponding D interface
file is the Deimos Project. If it isn't there already, please
write and contribute
one to the Deimos Project.
?
This lead me to believe that interfacing was a chore and I was
considering going back to C for a small program I need.
@D Language Foundation - This is a HUGE selling point. I had to
use cups the other day and I just copied some code from a d file
and linked the library. It was so easy I was suspicious but it
worked. Using C from D is pretty much as easy as using C from C
and I think you should advertise that better!
