Walter Bright Wrote:

> Bruce Adams wrote:
> > I was going to post a similar question. I do most of my development via gcc. I'm only using DMD on windows rather than gdc because its more reliable (relative to the current state of gdc on cygwin). I have a lot of current C++ code working under gcc which is one thing holding me back from adopting D wholesale. A way of supporting gcc style name mangling as opposed to M$ would be very useful.
> 
> Supporting gcc name mangling isn't enough, as dmd on Windows doesn't generate ELF and is incompatible with gcc on many levels.
> 
> A more practical approach is to recompile your C++ source using DMC++.

I doubt it is that practical. Though perhaps worth a try. gcc its well integrated with my build system and I keep my code portable between windows and linux. It sounds like I'm out of luck there :(.
It was hard enough to persuade myself to try dmd when gdc didn't work for me. I know gcc's interface backwards. Jumping to another vendor (even you :-) is just a little step too far for me. Not to mention having to swap gdb for ddbg or whatever it is. I might try porting something simple as an exercise in improving the portability of some code just to see what happens. As Captain Oates said, I may be some time...

Bruce.

Bruce Adams wrote:
> Walter Bright Wrote:
>> A more practical approach is to recompile your C++ source using
>> DMC++.
> 
> I doubt it is that practical. Though perhaps worth a try. gcc its
> well integrated with my build system and I keep my code portable
> between windows and linux. It sounds like I'm out of luck there :(. It was hard enough to persuade myself to try dmd when gdc didn't work
> for me. I know gcc's interface backwards. Jumping to another vendor
> (even you :-) is just a little step too far for me. Not to mention
> having to swap gdb for ddbg or whatever it is. I might try porting
> something simple as an exercise in improving the portability of some
> code just to see what happens. As Captain Oates said, I may be some
> time...
> 
> Bruce.

When gdc folds this in, then gdc/g++ should also work. I don't know what other issues there are with gdc.

Walter Bright Wrote:

> Bruce Adams wrote:
> > Walter Bright Wrote:
> >> A more practical approach is to recompile your C++ source using DMC++.
> > 
> > I doubt it is that practical. Though perhaps worth a try. gcc its well integrated with my build system and I keep my code portable between windows and linux. It sounds like I'm out of luck there :(. It was hard enough to persuade myself to try dmd when gdc didn't work for me. I know gcc's interface backwards. Jumping to another vendor (even you :-) is just a little step too far for me. Not to mention having to swap gdb for ddbg or whatever it is. I might try porting something simple as an exercise in improving the portability of some code just to see what happens. As Captain Oates said, I may be some time...
> > 
> > Bruce.
> 
> When gdc folds this in, then gdc/g++ should also work. I don't know what other issues there are with gdc.

I started out trying to use gdc/cygwin and gave up. The general advice I was given was don't do it use dmd. Using gdc on windows puts me in a small minority (anyone else tried it, raise your hand now). Certainly my brief experince was that gdc is too broken on cygwin to use. In my first day of using D I found two compiler bugs one in DMD one in gdc. The one in DMD has a workaround the one in gdc was fatal but I note it has been fixed so I could try again. Finding compiler bugs with "hello world" programs is not a good sign.

Bruce.

Bruce Adams wrote:
> I started out trying to use gdc/cygwin and gave up. The general
> advice I was given was don't do it use dmd. Using gdc on windows puts
> me in a small minority (anyone else tried it, raise your hand now).
> Certainly my brief experince was that gdc is too broken on cygwin to
> use. In my first day of using D I found two compiler bugs one in DMD
> one in gdc. The one in DMD has a workaround the one in gdc was fatal
> but I note it has been fixed so I could try again. Finding compiler
> bugs with "hello world" programs is not a good sign.

I agree that running into compiler bugs always sucks, but please be sure and report them to bugzilla if they aren't already there. Otherwise, they'll get forgotten and never fixed.