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D.gnu - Why does GDC install C source ?

reply =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Anders_F_Bj=F6rklund?= <afb algonet.se> writes:
These GDC-installed directories:

- include/d/etc/c/recls

- include/d/etc/c/stlsoft

- include/d/etc/c/zlib

contain C/C++ code and headers...


Are they really needed for D ?

I thought that "include/d" would only hold
import modules for use with D itself (.d) ?

Especially these two, look useless enough:

 /opt/gdc/include/d/etc/c/zlib/zlib.lib: Microsoft Visual C library
 /opt/gdc/include/d/etc/c/recls/recls.lib: Microsoft Visual C library
Maybe "make install" needs some refinements ? --anders
Dec 19 2004
parent reply =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Anders_F_Bj=F6rklund?= <afb algonet.se> writes:
Anders F Björklund wrote:

 These GDC-installed directories:
 
 - include/d/etc/c/recls
 
 - include/d/etc/c/stlsoft
 
 - include/d/etc/c/zlib
 
 contain C/C++ code and headers...
 
 
 Are they really needed for D ?
I'll rephrase this one for GDC 0.11: Why does GDC install the .h headers for zlib and recls ? And not just the .d modules (etc/c/zlib.d and std/recls.d) --anders PS. Walter has already rejected moving etc/c/zlib.d to std/c/zlib.d, so I won't be discussing that - thank you.
May 02 2005
parent reply David Friedman <d3rdclsmail_a_ _t_earthlink_d_._t_net> writes:
Anders F Björklund wrote:
 Anders F Björklund wrote:
 
 These GDC-installed directories:

 - include/d/etc/c/recls

 - include/d/etc/c/stlsoft

 - include/d/etc/c/zlib

 contain C/C++ code and headers...


 Are they really needed for D ?
I'll rephrase this one for GDC 0.11: Why does GDC install the .h headers for zlib and recls ? And not just the .d modules (etc/c/zlib.d and std/recls.d) --anders PS. Walter has already rejected moving etc/c/zlib.d to std/c/zlib.d, so I won't be discussing that - thank you.
If one were writing C code to interact with the D runtime, it might be useful. I don't think it will interfere with gdc. OTOH, now that I have moved everything to a version-specific directory, it is difficult to use the headers. David
May 04 2005
parent =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Anders_F_Bj=F6rklund?= <afb algonet.se> writes:
David Friedman wrote:

 Why does GDC install the .h headers
 for zlib and recls ? And not just the
 .d modules (etc/c/zlib.d and std/recls.d)
If one were writing C code to interact with the D runtime, it might be useful. I don't think it will interfere with gdc.
I guess it's just me being old and grumpy and failing to see what the zlib and recls C/C++ libraries does in the standard D library... At least just the headers is better than the full distributions. It's not really a big deal (what's 800K) and it will not interfere. --anders
May 05 2005