Am Mon, 16 Dec 2013 08:19:40 -0500 schrieb Hugo Florentino <h...@acdam.cu>:
> So currently D has no specific function for detecting the OS > architecture at runtime? I had not expected this. You are the first to raise this question. I guess most of us just install either a 32-bit version or a 64-bit version and never found a need to ask from inside the running program if it is actually the correct architecture. Your launcher use-case stands out. But there is really more to it than 32 or 64. There is also x32, which is a mix of 32-bit pointers with 64-bit CPU features, giving the best overall performance. Also, while dmd only emits x86 code, the language and the standard library strive to be architecture independent except for some minimal requirements for data types or thread local storage. And a function like that should probably return an array of supported ABIs, like [amd64, x32, x86] with the "main" or most feature rich architecture in index 0. Just my 2ยข -- Marco
