I'm wondering if the export keyword should be stripped by the .di generator of dmd or not.
Lets say DLL 2 imports DLL 1s import files. Will that not cause DLL 2 to also export the the symbols of DLL 1?

How much wanted is a dll version of druntime and phobos?

Kind Regards
Ingrater

export on a function declaration means dllimport for exactly that purpose (.di files).
It's not mentioned at the attributes doc site but I'm sure I read it somewhere else.

On Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:43:58 -0800, Trass3r <un@known.com> wrote:

> export on a function declaration means dllimport for exactly that purpose (.di files).
> It's not mentioned at the attributes doc site but I'm sure I read it somewhere else.

Walter has said as much in various posts on the NG's here and thats about as far as the docs for it got. DI files are a bit of a mess currently and my clean-up patch breaks DMD when building druntime and phobos. I need Walter's help in figuring out WHY it's breaking, but getting a hold of him is like trying to catch a ghost!

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Project Coordinator
The Horizon Project
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On 1/31/12 11:49 AM, Adam Wilson wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:43:58 -0800, Trass3r <un@known.com> wrote:
>
>> export on a function declaration means dllimport for exactly that
>> purpose (.di files).
>> It's not mentioned at the attributes doc site but I'm sure I read it
>> somewhere else.
>
> Walter has said as much in various posts on the NG's here and thats
> about as far as the docs for it got. DI files are a bit of a mess
> currently and my clean-up patch breaks DMD when building druntime and
> phobos. I need Walter's help in figuring out WHY it's breaking, but
> getting a hold of him is like trying to catch a ghost!

Did you email him and didn't get a reply? Catching his attention with a newsgroup post may or may not work.

Andrei

On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:53:17 -0800, Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail@erdani.org> wrote:

> On 1/31/12 11:49 AM, Adam Wilson wrote:
>> On Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:43:58 -0800, Trass3r <un@known.com> wrote:
>>
>>> export on a function declaration means dllimport for exactly that
>>> purpose (.di files).
>>> It's not mentioned at the attributes doc site but I'm sure I read it
>>> somewhere else.
>>
>> Walter has said as much in various posts on the NG's here and thats
>> about as far as the docs for it got. DI files are a bit of a mess
>> currently and my clean-up patch breaks DMD when building druntime and
>> phobos. I need Walter's help in figuring out WHY it's breaking, but
>> getting a hold of him is like trying to catch a ghost!
>
> Did you email him and didn't get a reply? Catching his attention with a newsgroup post may or may not work.
>
> Andrei
>

Hmm, I didn't know we could do that, and I don't have his email, not that I can blame him for not giving it out. The one he uses to post to the NG's looks like an unmonitored address. You can send an email to the address I use here with his email. I would like to get this pulled into the mainline. :-)

-- 
Adam Wilson
Project Coordinator
The Horizon Project
http://www.thehorizonproject.org/

On 1/31/12 5:05 PM, Adam Wilson wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:53:17 -0800, Andrei Alexandrescu
> <SeeWebsiteForEmail@erdani.org> wrote:
>
>> On 1/31/12 11:49 AM, Adam Wilson wrote:
>>> On Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:43:58 -0800, Trass3r <un@known.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> export on a function declaration means dllimport for exactly that
>>>> purpose (.di files).
>>>> It's not mentioned at the attributes doc site but I'm sure I read it
>>>> somewhere else.
>>>
>>> Walter has said as much in various posts on the NG's here and thats
>>> about as far as the docs for it got. DI files are a bit of a mess
>>> currently and my clean-up patch breaks DMD when building druntime and
>>> phobos. I need Walter's help in figuring out WHY it's breaking, but
>>> getting a hold of him is like trying to catch a ghost!
>>
>> Did you email him and didn't get a reply? Catching his attention with
>> a newsgroup post may or may not work.
>>
>> Andrei
>>
>
> Hmm, I didn't know we could do that, and I don't have his email, not
> that I can blame him for not giving it out.

Google for <<Walter Bright email>>. First thing is his homepage. First button on his homepage reads "Send email to Walter Bright". And that doesn't work. Walter please fix that.

> The one he uses to post to
> the NG's looks like an unmonitored address. You can send an email to the
> address I use here with his email. I would like to get this pulled into
> the mainline. :-)

Sent.


Andrei

On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:49:33 +0100, Adam Wilson <flyboynw@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:43:58 -0800, Trass3r <un@known.com> wrote:
>
>> export on a function declaration means dllimport for exactly that purpose (.di files).
>> It's not mentioned at the attributes doc site but I'm sure I read it somewhere else.
>
> Walter has said as much in various posts on the NG's here and thats about as far as the docs for it got. DI files are a bit of a mess currently and my clean-up patch breaks DMD when building druntime and phobos. I need Walter's help in figuring out WHY it's breaking, but getting a hold of him is like trying to catch a ghost!
>

Where is the code? I might have a look through it.

On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:15:51 -0800, Martin Nowak <dawg@dawgfoto.de> wrote:

> On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:49:33 +0100, Adam Wilson <flyboynw@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:43:58 -0800, Trass3r <un@known.com> wrote:
>>
>>> export on a function declaration means dllimport for exactly that purpose (.di files).
>>> It's not mentioned at the attributes doc site but I'm sure I read it somewhere else.
>>
>> Walter has said as much in various posts on the NG's here and thats about as far as the docs for it got. DI files are a bit of a mess currently and my clean-up patch breaks DMD when building druntime and phobos. I need Walter's help in figuring out WHY it's breaking, but getting a hold of him is like trying to catch a ghost!
>>
>
> Where is the code? I might have a look through it.

My patch is here: git://github.com/LightBender/dmd.git For testing you can try to build the latest druntime.

-- 
Adam Wilson
Project Coordinator
The Horizon Project
http://www.thehorizonproject.org/