Tried to compile on linux, got this error message (I guess I can fix it):

dmd -c textgen.d
textgen.d(36): Error: cannot implicitly convert expression ("DMDScript fatal runtime error: ") of type string to char[]
textgen.d(36): Error: cannot implicitly convert expression (0) of type int to char[]
textgen.d(36): Error: cannot implicitly convert expression ("ERR_RUNTIME_PREFIX") of type string to char[]
textgen.d(37): Error: cannot implicitly convert expression ("No default value for COM object") of type string to char[]
textgen.d(37): Error: cannot implicitly convert expression (0) of type int to char[]
textgen.d(37): Error: cannot implicitly convert expression ("ERR_COM_NO_DEFAULT_VALUE") of type string to char[]
textgen.d(38): Error: cannot implicitly convert expression ("%s does not have a [[Construct]] property") of type string to char[]
textgen.d(38): Error: cannot implicitly convert expression (0) of type int to char[]
textgen.d(38): Error: cannot implicitly convert expression ("ERR_COM_NO_CONSTRUCT_PROPERTY") of type string to char[]
textgen.d(39): Error: cannot implicitly convert expression ("argument type mismatch for %s") of type string to char[]
textgen.d(39): Error: cannot implicitly convert expression (0) of type int to char[]
textgen.d(39): Error: cannot implicitly convert expression ("ERR_DISP_E_TYPEMISMATCH") of type string to char[]
textgen.d(40): Error: cannot implicitly convert expression ("wrong number of arguments for %s") of type string to char[]
textgen.d(40): Error: cannot implicitly convert expression (0) of type int to char[]
textgen.d(40): Error: cannot implicitly convert expression ("ERR_DISP_E_BADPARAMCOUNT") of type string to char[]
textgen.d(41): Error: cannot implicitly convert expression ("%s Invoke() fails with COM error %x") of type string to char[]
textgen.d(41): Error: cannot implicitly convert expression (0) of type int to char[]
textgen.d(41): Error: cannot implicitly convert expression ("ERR_COM_FUNCTION_ERROR") of type string to char[]
textgen.d(42): Error: cannot implicitly convert expression ("Dcomobject: %s.%s fails with COM error %x") of type string to char[]
textgen.d(42): Error: cannot implicitly convert expression (0) of type int to char[]
textgen.d(42): Error: cannot implicitly convert expression ("ERR_COM_OBJECT_ERROR") of type string to char[]
linux.mak:178: recipe for target 'textgen.o' failed
make: *** [textgen.o] Error 1

On 07/11/2014 08:45 AM, Chris wrote:

> Tried to compile on linux, got this error message (I guess I can fix it):
>
> dmd -c textgen.d
> textgen.d(36): Error: cannot implicitly convert expression ("DMDScript
> fatal runtime error: ") of type string to char[]

Here is the relevant parts:

struct Msgtable
{
	char[] name;
	int value;
	char[] ident;
}


Msgtable errtable[] =
[
    { "DMDScript fatal runtime error: ",                         0, "ERR_RUNTIME_PREFIX" },

// ...
]

DMDScript was probably written for D1 and has never been ported to more recent D.

Ali

On Friday, 11 July 2014 at 15:45:42 UTC, Chris wrote:
> Tried to compile on linux, got this error message (I guess I can fix it):
>
> dmd -c textgen.d
> textgen.d(36): Error: cannot implicitly convert expression ("DMDScript fatal runtime error: ") of type string to char[]
.. bunch more errors.

You might try
https://github.com/DmitryOlshansky/DMDScript which, according to it's notes has changes to make it compatible with D2.

On Sunday, 13 July 2014 at 07:18:38 UTC, Jason King wrote:
> On Friday, 11 July 2014 at 15:45:42 UTC, Chris wrote:
>> Tried to compile on linux, got this error message (I guess I can fix it):
>>
>> dmd -c textgen.d
>> textgen.d(36): Error: cannot implicitly convert expression ("DMDScript fatal runtime error: ") of type string to char[]
> .. bunch more errors.
>
> You might try
> https://github.com/DmitryOlshansky/DMDScript which, according to it's notes has changes to make it compatible with D2.

Just tried this. First, I had to replace import std.ctype; with import core.stdc.ctype. No big deal, but now I get this

make -fposix.mak
dmd -lib -O -release -inline  -d  dmdscript/darguments.d dmdscript/darray.d dmdscript/dboolean.d dmdscript/ddate.d dmdscript/ddeclaredfunction.d dmdscript/derror.d dmdscript/dfunction.d dmdscript/dglobal.d dmdscript/dmath.d dmdscript/dnative.d dmdscript/dnumber.d dmdscript/dobject.d dmdscript/dregexp.d dmdscript/dstring.d dmdscript/errmsgs.d dmdscript/expression.d dmdscript/functiondefinition.d dmdscript/identifier.d dmdscript/ir.d dmdscript/irstate.d dmdscript/iterator.d dmdscript/lexer.d dmdscript/opcodes.d dmdscript/parse.d dmdscript/program.d dmdscript/property.d dmdscript/date.d dmdscript/dateparse.d dmdscript/datebase.d dmdscript/protoerror.d dmdscript/RandAA.d dmdscript/scopex.d dmdscript/outbuffer.d dmdscript/script.d dmdscript/statement.d dmdscript/symbol.d dmdscript/text.d dmdscript/regexp.d dmdscript/threadcontext.d dmdscript/utf.d dmdscript/value.d  dmdscript/extending.d -ofdmdscriptlib.a
dmdscript/dregexp.d(487): Error: function dmdscript.dregexp.Dregexp.Call multiple overrides of same function
dmdscript/dobject.d(47): Error: cannot take address of thread-local variable foo at compile time
make: *** [dmdscriptlib.a] Error 1

My idea is to use (at least test) DMDScript for server side JS.

>
> My idea is to use (at least test) DMDScript for server side JS.

I don't mean to sound like a D-hater here, but V8 has had about 2 years more work on it than DMDScript.  At one time they were. IIRC, quite close performance-wise but lots of work and support by Google have probably levered past the advantages of being coded in D.  My 2c only.

On Monday, 14 July 2014 at 21:22:12 UTC, Jason King wrote:
>>
>> My idea is to use (at least test) DMDScript for server side JS.
>
> I don't mean to sound like a D-hater here, but V8 has had about 2 years more work on it than DMDScript.  At one time they were. IIRC, quite close performance-wise but lots of work and support by Google have probably levered past the advantages of being coded in D.  My 2c only.

I'm tinkering around with the original dmdscript a little bit, but it seems tedious. Even if V8 is better, I'd like to see, if I can get a proof of concept together at least, using vibe.d and dmdscript.