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reply Dejan Lekic <dejan.lekic gmail.com> writes:
I have just posted this to the
https://forum.hdfgroup.org/t/hdf5-binding-to-the-d-programming-language/13626

I have just pushed my D (programming language) bindings to the 
libhdf5 and libhdf5_hl libraries to the following repository: 
https://codeberg.org/ddn/ddn-lib-hdf5

DUB package is also registered and located at the usual place: 
https://code.dlang.org/packages/ddn-lib-hdf5

By default libhdf5 and libhdf5_hl libraries are linked 
dynamically. Developer can always change it to static linking by 
changing the DUB configuration to “static” (`dub build 
–config=static`)

README.md file contains a “Quick Start” section that explains how 
to create a tiny D project, add the binding as dependency, and 
build and run a tiny demo application. Repository itself contains 
a more serious demo applications.

I really hope there are people here who are interested in the D 
programming language and would spend some time giving this 
package a try. - It will not take more than few minutes if you 
follow the “Quck Start” guide.

Bindings should work on Windows, but I had no time to test it 
there. My primary platform is Linux.

Any feedback will be greatly appreciated. Kind regards and MERRY 
XMASS!
Dec 11
next sibling parent reply Kapendev <alexandroskapretsos gmail.com> writes:
On Thursday, 11 December 2025 at 23:36:29 UTC, Dejan Lekic wrote:

 I have just posted this to the
 https://forum.hdfgroup.org/t/hdf5-binding-to-the-d-programming-language/13626


Works fine and the Quick Start section is very helpful.
I'm not sure how important this is for people who already know 
what they are doing, but it might be nice to add a note about how 
to install hdf5 on Linux. Example: `apt install libhdf5-dev`

And yes, I am an Ubuntu user.


 MERRY XMASS!


MERRY XMASS!!!
Dec 11
parent Dejan Lekic <dejan.lekic gmail.com> writes:
On Friday, 12 December 2025 at 07:02:52 UTC, Kapendev wrote:

 what they are doing, but it might be nice to add a note about 
 how to install hdf5 on Linux. Example: `apt install libhdf5-dev`


Thanks! - I am pretty sure I have that covered in the README.md 
file. Maybe not for Debian and derivatives. If that is the case I 
will add a section on how to install hdf5 with `apt`. You are 
absolutely right, that will be helpful.
Dec 12
prev sibling parent reply Sergey <kornburn yandex.ru> writes:
On Thursday, 11 December 2025 at 23:36:29 UTC, Dejan Lekic wrote:

 Any feedback will be greatly appreciated. Kind regards and 
 MERRY XMASS!


Maybe worth to mention and compare with older packages

https://code.dlang.org/packages/hdf5-d
https://code.dlang.org/packages/d_hdf5

Why it was required to prepare a new package? How different is 
the approach from the 2 others?
Dec 11
parent Dejan Lekic <dejan.lekic gmail.com> writes:
On Friday, 12 December 2025 at 07:29:27 UTC, Sergey wrote:

 Maybe worth to mention and compare with older packages

 https://code.dlang.org/packages/hdf5-d
 https://code.dlang.org/packages/d_hdf5

 Why it was required to prepare a new package? How different is 
 the approach from the 2 others?


Good point.

I must say I barely looked at these projects. When I was 
searching for `hdf5` binding for D I first looked at two things:

1) When was the last release.
2) When was the last commit to the official repository.
3) Version of the HDF5 library their last release cover.
4) Sample code of how the binding is used.

So essentially I've spent only few minutes on each of these 
projects and realised none of them aligns with my vision of how I 
want to use HDF5 binding - not just the libraries, but also the 
code. Every single function and type in ddn-lib-hdf5 is commented 
DDoc-style with explanation what that symbol does that is as 
close to the original doc from libhdf5 as possible. There are 
3180 functions in the public API, so there are lots of DDoc-style 
comments as you can imagine.
Dec 12