On Friday, 26 September 2014 at 16:43:30 UTC, Olivier Leduc wrote:
Hello,
I need to use a C++ SDK to create a plugin an existing closed
source c++ application and I would like to know if its possible
to use D for that task.
Would is be possible to port the SDK header files and call the
exposed functions inside the C++ program from a D dynamic
library?
Is it possible at all?
Thank you very much!
Yes, but it depends on the complexity of the headers. C++
templates aren't supported for example. There have been recent
improvements to C++ compatibility, including namespace support,
methods etc. and work is ongoing to get even more working.
How large is the API? Sometimes the easiest approach is to create
a simple extern "C" wrapper in C++ and then call that from D, as
D has excellent C compatibility. See http://dlang.org/interfaceToC
