On 12/14/2013 11:07 PM, hoya wrote:
On Saturday, 14 December 2013 at 13:45:00 UTC, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
You can instantiate classes at runtime using Object.factory. You can
also loaded classes using dynamic libraries, just as in C or C++.
Yes, but loading a dynamic lib (shared) in C/C++ is at compile type, if
I remembering right. But is there a way in D like dlopen() in C, which
can be used at runtime?
That's what Jacob is talking about. D can interface with C libraries
just fine, so dlopen() is available on Posix systems and LoadLibrary on
Windows. That's the approach I use with the C library bindings in
Derelict[1].
Shared libraries are never loaded at compile time. You can link with an
import library (on Windows) or directly with the shared object, but that
just sets the executable up so that the library is loaded by the OS when
the app starts up. dlopen and friends eliminate the need for a link
step, but require more effort to load manually.
[1] https://github.com/DerelictOrg
