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reply "Matt" <webwraith fastmail.fm> writes:
Are we able to create DLLs easily enough in D now? Do we still 
need to tell our D DLLs to share their GCs with the calling EXE? 
And is the wiki page fully up to date on the matter? If not where 
can we find the up to date information? Or should we be using 
core.runtime.Runtime.loadLibrary()?

Sorry for the barrage of questions, I hope you guys are able to 
answer some of them. Many thanks in advance
Jul 26 2014
next sibling parent "Trass3r" <un known.com> writes:
On Saturday, 26 July 2014 at 07:53:54 UTC, Matt wrote:

 Are we able to create DLLs easily enough in D now? Do we still 
 need to tell our D DLLs to share their GCs with the calling 
 EXE? And is the wiki page fully up to date on the matter? If 
 not where can we find the up to date information? Or should we 
 be using core.runtime.Runtime.loadLibrary()?


I think so, though the page is still 32-bit/Optlink centric.
http://wiki.dlang.org/Win32_DLLs_in_D

Just created a Win64 dll the other day:
https://github.com/Trass3r/hooksample

But haven't investigated GC/runtime sharing.
Jul 26 2014
prev sibling parent Benjamin Thaut <code benjamin-thaut.de> writes:
Am 26.07.2014 09:53, schrieb Matt:

 Are we able to create DLLs easily enough in D now? Do we still need to
 tell our D DLLs to share their GCs with the calling EXE? And is the wiki
 page fully up to date on the matter? If not where can we find the up to
 date information? Or should we be using core.runtime.Runtime.loadLibrary()?

 Sorry for the barrage of questions, I hope you guys are able to answer
 some of them. Many thanks in advance


Dll support on windows is still limited to global functions only. If you 
try anything else it will break.  E.g. exporting classes. I don't 
recommend using DLLs in their current state unless you are ok with 
having a C interface for your DLL. See http://wiki.dlang.org/DIP45 for 
what has to be done to make DLLs actually usable on windows.
Jul 26 2014