Re: D compiler for .NET
Jason House wrote: Earlier today, I tried to use the D compiler for .NET from http://dnet.codeplex.com/ Beyond compilation of the compiler, I found zero instructions on what to do next. How do I integrate the compiler into the .NET framework/visual studio? I'd like to be able to add D files to existing solutions (with C# code). If I can do that, I'll probably push for some small adoption of D at work. (I'm hoping mixins and templates will inspire the initial use of D) Any tips or documentation on how to get started would be appreciated. It works from the command line like dmd but with ms vs tools like ilasm in your path too. Visual studio could probably make use of it but is there any D VS plugin projects that are not dead? It uses D import files to call existing clr code but it only has a few things in the import files. It is possible to add stuff to the import files but the plan is to generate the imports automatically. It is pretty much very experimental at the moment and could do with the extra man power to get it going. Dmd front end in source control with proper documentation as you asked in D newsgroup would help a lot. The import generator is mostly working but the generated imports are not parseable. http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3061
Re: D compiler for .NET
Daniel Keep Wrote: Jason House wrote: Earlier today, I tried to use the D compiler for .NET from http://dnet.codeplex.com/ Beyond compilation of the compiler, I found zero instructions on what to do next. How do I integrate the compiler into the .NET framework/visual studio? I'd like to be able to add D files to existing solutions (with C# code). If I can do that, I'll probably push for some small adoption of D at work. (I'm hoping mixins and templates will inspire the initial use of D) Any tips or documentation on how to get started would be appreciated. The back-end code is not of production quality, it is intended for research and educational purposes. The D Programming Language is a fairly complex language, and non-trivial features such as TLS and closures make it an interesting case study for generating IL code. Why do people never read the big red label saying Warning: not ready for use!? Given the productivity increase that I could get, it's worth a shot. As for VS integration, so far as I know, there isn't any. I'm also fairly certain that you can't combine different languages in a single project period. Solutions are collections of projects. Each project can be in a different language.
Re: D compiler for .NET
Jason House Wrote: Beyond compilation of the compiler, I found zero instructions on what to do next. I believe it's a traditional CUI compiler. Compile the compiler, open command prompt and run the compiler with source files. I think, it will say if something is wrong. How do I integrate the compiler into the .NET framework/visual studio? I think, the same way, as you would integrate any other .net language. See wikipedia for a list of them. I'd like to be able to add D files to existing solutions (with C# code). I don't think this feature is available, the author was focused on making CUI compiler only. If VS allows integration of 3rd party compilers, you can use that. BTW how do you plan to get support for D syntax highlighting and intellisense?
Re: D compiler for .NET
Kagamin Wrote: Jason House Wrote: I'd like to be able to add D files to existing solutions (with C# code). I don't think this feature is available, the author was focused on making CUI compiler only. If VS allows integration of 3rd party compilers, you can use that. BTW how do you plan to get support for D syntax highlighting and intellisense? I don't. While really cool, such features are not essential. What I'm really hoping to get out of this is proper generic programming and enhanced compile-time validation. Manual copying of boiler plate code with small tweaks is sickening.
Re: D compiler for .NET
Jason House Wrote: What I'm really hoping to get out of this is proper generic programming and enhanced compile-time validation. I think these are done by frontend and frontend was kept intact. He didn't even wanted to add .net-specific pragmas to the frontend.
D compiler for .NET
Earlier today, I tried to use the D compiler for .NET from http://dnet.codeplex.com/ Beyond compilation of the compiler, I found zero instructions on what to do next. How do I integrate the compiler into the .NET framework/visual studio? I'd like to be able to add D files to existing solutions (with C# code). If I can do that, I'll probably push for some small adoption of D at work. (I'm hoping mixins and templates will inspire the initial use of D) Any tips or documentation on how to get started would be appreciated.
Re: D compiler for .NET
Jason House wrote: Earlier today, I tried to use the D compiler for .NET from http://dnet.codeplex.com/ Beyond compilation of the compiler, I found zero instructions on what to do next. How do I integrate the compiler into the .NET framework/visual studio? I'd like to be able to add D files to existing solutions (with C# code). If I can do that, I'll probably push for some small adoption of D at work. (I'm hoping mixins and templates will inspire the initial use of D) Any tips or documentation on how to get started would be appreciated. The back-end code is not of production quality, it is intended for research and educational purposes. The D Programming Language is a fairly complex language, and non-trivial features such as TLS and closures make it an interesting case study for generating IL code. Why do people never read the big red label saying Warning: not ready for use!? As for VS integration, so far as I know, there isn't any. I'm also fairly certain that you can't combine different languages in a single project period.
