I'm trying to compile a 64-bit DMD.exe on windows (as my project has enough CTFE and Template work that it bumps up against the 4gb limit).

with the pre-DDMD setup I was just able to load the thing up in visual studio 2013 and build, but I've been having some difficulty with 2.070's projects. Namely, it seems that no matter what type of bulid I do, I get a bunch of errors in elfobj.c and one in filename.d

Error	1	error C3861: 'assert': identifier not found	D:\Programs\dmd\dmd2\src\dmd\backend\elfobj.c	3512	1	dmd_backend
Error	2	error C3861: 'assert': identifier not found	D:\Programs\dmd\dmd2\src\dmd\backend\elfobj.c	3527	1	dmd_backend
Error	3	error C2352: 'Obj::reftoident' : illegal call of non-static member function	D:\Programs\dmd\dmd2\src\dmd\backend\elfobj.c	3528	1	dmd_backend
Error	4	error C2065: 'symtab_strings' : undeclared identifier	D:\Programs\dmd\dmd2\src\dmd\backend\elfobj.c	3531	1	dmd_backend
Error	5	error C2227: left of '->size' must point to class/struct/union/generic type	D:\Programs\dmd\dmd2\src\dmd\backend\elfobj.c	3531	1	dmd_backend
Error	6	error C2065: 'symtab_strings' : undeclared identifier	D:\Programs\dmd\dmd2\src\dmd\backend\elfobj.c	3532	1	dmd_backend
Error	7	error C2227: left of '->writeString' must point to class/struct/union/generic type	D:\Programs\dmd\dmd2\src\dmd\backend\elfobj.c	3532	1	dmd_backend
Error	8	error C2065: 'symtab_strings' : undeclared identifier	D:\Programs\dmd\dmd2\src\dmd\backend\elfobj.c	3533	1	dmd_backend
Error	9	error C2227: left of '->setsize' must point to class/struct/union/generic type	D:\Programs\dmd\dmd2\src\dmd\backend\elfobj.c	3533	1	dmd_backend
Error	10	error C2227: left of '->size' must point to class/struct/union/generic type	D:\Programs\dmd\dmd2\src\dmd\backend\elfobj.c	3533	1	dmd_backend
Error	11	error C2065: 'symtab_strings' : undeclared identifier	D:\Programs\dmd\dmd2\src\dmd\backend\elfobj.c	3534	1	dmd_backend
Error	12	error C2227: left of '->writeString' must point to class/struct/union/generic type	D:\Programs\dmd\dmd2\src\dmd\backend\elfobj.c	3534	1	dmd_backend
Error	13	error C3861: 'elf_addsym': identifier not found	D:\Programs\dmd\dmd2\src\dmd\backend\elfobj.c	3536	1	dmd_backend
Error	14	error C3861: 'MAP_SEG2SECIDX': identifier not found	D:\Programs\dmd\dmd2\src\dmd\backend\elfobj.c	3536	1	dmd_backend
Error	15	error C2352: 'Obj::reftoident' : illegal call of non-static member function	D:\Programs\dmd\dmd2\src\dmd\backend\elfobj.c	3542	1	dmd_backend
Error	16	Error: function ddmd.root.filename.GetFullPathNameA (const(wchar)* lpFileName, uint nBufferLength, wchar* lpBuffer, wchar** lpFilePart) is not callable using argument types (const(char)*, int, typeof(null), typeof(null))	D:\programs\dmd\dmd2\src\dmd\root\filename.d	645	
	17	IntelliSense: identifier "assert" is undefined	d:\Programs\dmd\dmd2\src\dmd\backend\elfobj.c	3512	5	dmd_backend
	18	IntelliSense: a nonstatic member reference must be relative to a specific object	d:\Programs\dmd\dmd2\src\dmd\backend\elfobj.c	3528	13	dmd_backend
	19	IntelliSense: identifier "symtab_strings" is undefined	d:\Programs\dmd\dmd2\src\dmd\backend\elfobj.c	3531	29	dmd_backend
	20	IntelliSense: identifier "elf_addsym" is undefined	d:\Programs\dmd\dmd2\src\dmd\backend\elfobj.c	3536	30	dmd_backend
	21	IntelliSense: identifier "MAP_SEG2SECIDX" is undefined	d:\Programs\dmd\dmd2\src\dmd\backend\elfobj.c	3536	79	dmd_backend
	22	IntelliSense: a nonstatic member reference must be relative to a specific object	d:\Programs\dmd\dmd2\src\dmd\backend\elfobj.c	3542	9	dmd_backend

(If this is an actual issue with the code or projects I'll file a bug, but I wanted to make sure it wasn't just me doing something wrong first)

On 30 January 2016 at 09:38, E.S. Quinn via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to compile a 64-bit DMD.exe on windows (as my project has enough CTFE and Template work that it bumps up against the 4gb limit).
>
> with the pre-DDMD setup I was just able to load the thing up in visual studio 2013 and build, but I've been having some difficulty with 2.070's projects. Namely, it seems that no matter what type of bulid I do, I get a bunch of errors in elfobj.c and one in filename.d

I'm building master with VS2015, but you need to make sure you manually update to the latest VisualD release (but that problem is nothing to do with the errors you show here).

Consider updating to 2015? It is the first really significant improvement to MS's stack for like a decade (major C++/standards improvements). At this point, I think it is in all windows developers best interest to purge and forget the rancid memory of every prior VS release ;)

>
> I'm building master with VS2015, but you need to make sure you manually update to the latest VisualD release (but that problem is nothing to do with the errors you show here).
>
> Consider updating to 2015? It is the first really significant improvement to MS's stack for like a decade (major C++/standards improvements). At this point, I think it is in all windows developers best interest to purge and forget the rancid memory of every prior VS release ;)

Just to be clear, all I have VS for is compiling DMD; I don't actually use it to develop. Should I still update?

There might be not enough manpower to keep the code at the bleeding edge of C++ technologies, so update is likely to be meaningless.