Every time I compile a D code, an .obj file is generated. Is there any to prevent that?

I tried "dmd -o- hello.d". Indeed there's no obj file. And no executable, too.

Maybe this is a bug?

The linker makes exe from obj.

On Thursday, 17 May 2012 at 10:16:38 UTC, Andre Tampubolon wrote:
> Every time I compile a D code, an .obj file is generated.
> Is there any to prevent that?
>
> I tried "dmd -o- hello.d". Indeed there's no obj file. And no
> executable, too.
>
> Maybe this is a bug?

If you don't want object files to be generated (actually they must be generated in order for linker to build exe) compile with rdmd (it will put object files in a temp directory so your project folder is kept clean):

rdmd --build-only (dmd parameter here) main.d

also rdmd will take care of your dependencies so you just have to pass it your "main" file.

Actually what I mean is once the compilation is done, the object file will be automatically removed.

So I guess this is my misunderstanding of "dmd -o-". No problem, then.

On 5/17/2012 6:09 PM, "Aleksandar Ružičić" <aleksandar@ruzicic.info>" wrote:
> On Thursday, 17 May 2012 at 10:16:38 UTC, Andre Tampubolon wrote:
>> Every time I compile a D code, an .obj file is generated. Is there any to prevent that?
>>
>> I tried "dmd -o- hello.d". Indeed there's no obj file. And no executable, too.
>>
>> Maybe this is a bug?
> 
> If you don't want object files to be generated (actually they must be
> generated in order for linker to build exe) compile with rdmd (it will
> put object files in a temp directory so your project folder is kept clean):
> 
> rdmd --build-only (dmd parameter here) main.d
> 
> also rdmd will take care of your dependencies so you just have to pass it your "main" file.