• Glen (9/9) Jun 20 2005 I am using D for a command line toolset that has 50+ windows .exe files....
• James Dunne (6/15) Jun 20 2005 Might it be better to create a 'phobos launcher' utility to launch D pro...
• Glen (12/32) Jun 21 2005 Not really sure what you mean here. Here is my criteria

Glen <Glen_member pathlink.com> writes:

I am using D for a command line toolset that has 50+ windows .exe files.  I want
to cut down the size of the package by hpefull sharing the common D runtime
stuff in a DLL.  

Is there anyway to dynamically link in the phobos runtime as a .dll instead of
statically linked in each .exe?

Also any guess on how much space that would save (my rough estimate is 80K per
exe)?  

thanks,
Glen

James Dunne <james.jdunne gmail.com> writes:

In article <d96acb$oe8$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Glen says...
I am using D for a command line toolset that has 50+ windows .exe files.  I want
to cut down the size of the package by hpefull sharing the common D runtime
stuff in a DLL.  

Is there anyway to dynamically link in the phobos runtime as a .dll instead of
statically linked in each .exe?

Also any guess on how much space that would save (my rough estimate is 80K per
exe)?  

thanks,
Glen

Might it be better to create a 'phobos launcher' utility to launch D programs
and provide them with a phobos library implementation?  This would solve the GC
problem and only use one GC instance in the launcher.

Regards,
James Dunne

Glen <Glen_member pathlink.com> writes:

Not really sure what you mean here.  Here is my criteria

- an all D solution is the ideal solution though tiny C stub launchers could
work 

- the exe has minimal size.  Said another way the entire package together is
minimal in size

- individual exe's are needed


What would the Phobos launcher be written in?  If it is D with the Phobos
runtime then it is still 88KB minimal.  I am hoping to get that down to 5K-10K
and one or more shared DLL's (based on some basic tests with C code).

From reading the section on DLL's I am fairly certain you can share the GC
between DLL instances...


In article <d96f11$rtd$1 digitaldaemon.com>, James Dunne says...
In article <d96acb$oe8$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Glen says...
I am using D for a command line toolset that has 50+ windows .exe files.  I want
to cut down the size of the package by hpefull sharing the common D runtime
stuff in a DLL.  

Is there anyway to dynamically link in the phobos runtime as a .dll instead of
statically linked in each .exe?

Also any guess on how much space that would save (my rough estimate is 80K per
exe)?  

thanks,
Glen

Might it be better to create a 'phobos launcher' utility to launch D programs
and provide them with a phobos library implementation?  This would solve the GC
problem and only use one GC instance in the launcher.

Regards,
James Dunne