Am 08.11.2012 08:43, schrieb Jakob Ovrum:
On Wednesday, 7 November 2012 at 10:24:25 UTC, Benjamin Thaut wrote:
For example: Exporting the Module init symbol is not supported, so
every module that only exists in a dll will generate a linker error.
Also I had some cases where even the vtable symbol did not get
exported (despite the that the class was declared as export) and
caused yet another linker error. Also there are quite some issues with
thread local storage and data symbols are not supported at all by dmd.
The only thing that truly works is exporting C-Style functions or COM.
Actually, when making DLLs with GDC, the module init is automatically
exported.
Yes, but I talk the reference implementation (DMD) here.
GDC has various other problems:
- The latest binary release is 2.058
- Phobos and druntime are not trivially recompileable without
compiling the whole thing beforehand
- Couldn't find clear compiliation setup documents.
- Phobos and druntime have a completely different folder structure
(for whatever reason)
Also the thread local storage issue is a druntime issue AFAIK and exists
within gdc as well.
Kind Regards
Benjamin Thaut
