hello everybody,

i'm new to this language and plan to start learning it by porting parts of an existing c++ library to dpl.

i would very much appreciate it if you have some tips & tricks, hints of pitfalls or any other experiences to share.

mirko

On 06/08/2011 17:59, Mirko Pilger wrote:
> hello everybody,
>
> i'm new to this language and plan to start learning it by porting parts
> of an existing c++ library to dpl.
>
> i would very much appreciate it if you have some tips & tricks, hints of
> pitfalls or any other experiences to share.
>
> mirko

Well I've ported quite a bit of C++ code to D.
And on the whole I'd say that there isn't really much to say.

Most of the issues I've hit have been bugs in dmd or optlink;
which clearly have nothing to do with the language itself.

Unless you need pointer to members/pointer to member functions, just about every bit of c++ is easier and more straight forward in D.

Just plough ahead and ask questions if you hit an issue.

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Simon:

> Unless you need pointer to members/pointer to member functions, just about every bit of c++ is easier and more straight forward in D.

I have had some problems when the original C++ code uses struct inheritance ("alias this" helps a bit) or multiple inheritance.

Bye,
bearophile

On 06/08/2011 19:07, bearophile wrote:
> Simon:
>
>> Unless you need pointer to members/pointer to member functions, just
>> about every bit of c++ is easier and more straight forward in D.
>
> I have had some problems when the original C++ code uses struct inheritance ("alias this" helps a bit) or multiple inheritance.
>
> Bye,
> bearophile

Most well written C++ only uses MI for pasting methods into classes; you can mostly re-factor code like that into template mixins.

When I've come across C++ which isn't easily convertible to D, then the original code itself is badly written and badly designed anyway, so I don't even want to port it.

Easier just to write it again in D

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