Linking the following two files gives me a link-error:

a.d:
	import std.stdio;

	extern (D) string test ();

	void main()
	{
		writeln(test());
		readln();
	}
____________________________________
b.d:
	string test () {
		return "hello";
	}
____________________________________
the error I get is:

Error 42: Symbol Undefined _D1a4testFZAya`

---errorlevel 1

What is wrong ?

You can't prototype D functions like that, they belong to a module. test is built as _D1b4testFZAya, not _D1a4testFZAya (notice the module names, a and b after _D1).

What exactly are you trying to do? DLLs?

I want to save the hInstance of WinMain so I would be able to use it later in some other module. So how do I accomplish that ?

Am 25.12.2011 22:37, schrieb Tal:
> I want to save the hInstance of WinMain so I would be able to use it later in some
> other module. So how do I accomplish that ?

just define a public variable in the global scope.

I'm quite new to this language, could you please provide a short snippet of code to clarify ?

Am 25.12.2011 23:26, schrieb Tal:
> I'm quite new to this language, could you please provide a short snippet of code
> to clarify ?

--- a.d:

import std.stdio;
import b;

void main() {
  writeln("some_var from Module b: \"", b.some_var, "\"");
}

--- b.d:

public string some_var = "Hello, world!";

//you can also use static module constructors to set your vars
static this() {
  some_var ~= " -- How are you?";
}

Am 25.12.2011 22:37, schrieb Tal:
> I want to save the hInstance of WinMain so I would be able to use it later in some
> other module. So how do I accomplish that ?

If you don't know: You can also get the HINSTANCE with GetModuleHandle(NULL);

On Sunday, 25 December 2011 at 22:46:33 UTC, Joshua Reusch wrote:
> public string some_var = "Hello, world!";

It's important to note that public is the default access level here.

Thanks, this is it!