So a couple of years ago I had too much free time and wrote a linker.

It's now on github: https://github.com/yebblies/ylink

Pros:
- Written in D
- Not written in assembly
- Not written before I was born
- Boost license
- Usually produces working executables

Cons:
- No debug information (yet)
- Slower than optlink
- Uses more memory than optlink (cannot run with < 64k of ram)
- Cannot produce DLLs (yet)
- Not really tested

It still needs a lot of work, but it's functional.

Potential uses:
- Replace optlink
- Replace microsoft linker (we could ship this with dmd)
- Call from dmd to do in-memory linking
- Experiment with linker optimizations

Enjoy!

On Sunday, 23 March 2014 at 20:33:15 UTC, Daniel Murphy wrote:
> So a couple of years ago I had too much free time and wrote a linker.
>
> It's now on github: https://github.com/yebblies/ylink
>
> Pros:
> - Written in D
> - Not written in assembly
> - Not written before I was born
> - Boost license
> - Usually produces working executables
>
> Cons:
> - No debug information (yet)
> - Slower than optlink
> - Uses more memory than optlink (cannot run with < 64k of ram)
> - Cannot produce DLLs (yet)
> - Not really tested
>
> It still needs a lot of work, but it's functional.
>
> Potential uses:
> - Replace optlink
> - Replace microsoft linker (we could ship this with dmd)
> - Call from dmd to do in-memory linking
> - Experiment with linker optimizations
>
> Enjoy!

If the debug info emitting thing is going to work properly, I'll love to switch to ylink!
Finally x64 builds without having to use the ms linker -- awesome! :-)

On 3/23/2014 4:33 PM, Daniel Murphy wrote:
> So a couple of years ago I had too much free time and wrote a linker.
>
> It's now on github: https://github.com/yebblies/ylink
>

Nifty!

I love this Pro:

> - Usually produces working executables

:)

On Monday, 24 March 2014 at 22:30:45 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> On 3/23/2014 4:33 PM, Daniel Murphy wrote:
>> So a couple of years ago I had too much free time and wrote a linker.
>>
>> It's now on github: https://github.com/yebblies/ylink
>>
>
> Nifty!
>
> I love this Pro:
>
>> - Usually produces working executables
>
> :)

Me too. But not more than ">>Written in D" :)

On Tuesday, 25 March 2014 at 02:24:39 UTC, Asman01 wrote:
> On Monday, 24 March 2014 at 22:30:45 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>> On 3/23/2014 4:33 PM, Daniel Murphy wrote:
>>> So a couple of years ago I had too much free time and wrote a linker.
>>>
>>> It's now on github: https://github.com/yebblies/ylink
>>>
>>
>> Nifty!
>>
>> I love this Pro:
>>
>>> - Usually produces working executables
>>
>> :)
>
> Me too. But not more than ">>Written in D" :)
But the best is "Not written before I was born" :)

On Tuesday, 25 March 2014 at 03:27:07 UTC, Jack Applegame wrote:
>>> Nifty!
>>>
>>> I love this Pro:
>>>
>>>> - Usually produces working executables
>>>
>>> :)
>>
>> Me too. But not more than ">>Written in D" :)
> But the best is "Not written before I was born" :)

When I was a lad we had to ....

Steve

"Daniel Murphy"  wrote in message news:lgngea$1ccj$1@digitalmars.com...

> So a couple of years ago I had too much free time and wrote a linker.
>
> It's now on github: https://github.com/yebblies/ylink

Now updated with basic mscoff32 support - although dmd doesn't emit that file format, it does mean you can link the standard import libraries into your normal D applications, instead of having to convert them to omf.

Hello world compiled with msvc works, but more complicated (C++) stuff most likely doesn't yet.  (comdat aka templates might be buggy, and tls probably doesn't work) 

On Wednesday, 26 March 2014 at 15:33:39 UTC, Daniel Murphy wrote:
> "Daniel Murphy"  wrote in message news:lgngea$1ccj$1@digitalmars.com...
>
>> So a couple of years ago I had too much free time and wrote a linker.
>>
>> It's now on github: https://github.com/yebblies/ylink
>
> Now updated with basic mscoff32 support - although dmd doesn't emit that file format, it does mean you can link the standard import libraries into your normal D applications, instead of having to convert them to omf.
>
> Hello world compiled with msvc works, but more complicated (C++) stuff most likely doesn't yet.  (comdat aka templates might be buggy, and tls probably doesn't work)

Ooo oo yes please :)
Maybe one day bye bye Optlink!

On Wednesday, 26 March 2014 at 15:33:39 UTC, Daniel Murphy wrote:
> Now updated with basic mscoff32 support - although dmd doesn't emit that file format, it does mean you can link the standard import libraries into your normal D applications, instead of having to convert them to omf.

This is a super helpful feature. I can't think of a single library I've used that has provided an OMF library or import library, and converting is a pain in the butt. Thank you thank you thank you for this.

On Sunday, 23 March 2014 at 20:33:15 UTC, Daniel Murphy wrote:
>
> It still needs a lot of work, but it's functional.
>

Is there a test suite that you have to pass to declare it fully functional?