On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 14:43:02 -0500, Walter Bright
<[email protected]> wrote:
I've toyed with this idea for a while, and wondered what the interest
there is in something like this.
The idea is to be able to use a subset of D that does not require any of
druntime or phobos - it can be linked merely with the C standard
library. To that end, there'd be a compiler switch (-betterC) which
would enforce the subset.
(First off, I hate the name "better C", any suggestions?)
-cruntime
The subset would disallow use of any features that rely on:
1. moduleinfo
2. exception handling
3. gc
4. Object
I've used such a subset before when bringing D up on a new platform, as
the new platform didn't have a working phobos.
What do you think?
I think it is a very good idea. I think an allocator that wraps malloc
would be appropriate at least, since malloc calls are so clunky and
verbose.
-Steve
