• awson (21/21) Nov 15 2021 I tried to build `msbuild\dbuild` project against latest VS2019
• zjh (3/3) Nov 15 2021 On Monday, 15 November 2021 at 09:52:24 UTC, awson wrote:
• Rainer Schuetze (17/43) Nov 15 2021 The development mostly happens here: https://github.com/rainers/visuald
• Imperatorn (7/31) Nov 15 2021 Just wanted to say thanks for working on Visual D. It's a life
• awson (3/15) Nov 15 2021 Thanks!

awson <kyrab mail.ru> writes:

I tried to build `msbuild\dbuild` project against latest VS2019 
16.11.6.

First I fixed a few wrong references to get things compiled, and 
finally found `MultiToolTaskVisualD.cs` compilation failing 
because of `taskScheduler` doesn't exist and because of several 
type mismatches.

Indeed, in the latest VS2019 `taskScheduler` went private and 
`MultiToolTask` class quite differs from that in earlier VS2019s.

(VS2022's `MultiToolTask` differs further)

Another my impression from looking into `visuald` repo is that it 
isn't actively developed at all.

So I'm wondering:

1. How big is `visuald`'s userbase?
2. Is `visuald` considered a viable IDE for D language?

I could help with fixing the problems with latest VS2019 and 
VS2022, but I need some help with what the `Package` compilation 
model is.

Can anybody point me to where is it explained in the context of 
`visuald`?

Does there exist any example of a `visuald` project using the 
`Package` compilation model?

zjh <fqbqrr 163.com> writes:

On Monday, 15 November 2021 at 09:52:24 UTC, awson wrote:

`visuald` is Actively developing.
`dcd` for `vscode`.

Rainer Schuetze <r.sagitario gmx.de> writes:

On 15/11/2021 10:52, awson wrote:
 I tried to build `msbuild\dbuild` project against latest VS2019 16.11.6.
 
 First I fixed a few wrong references to get things compiled, and finally 
 found `MultiToolTaskVisualD.cs` compilation failing because of 
 `taskScheduler` doesn't exist and because of several type mismatches.
 
 Indeed, in the latest VS2019 `taskScheduler` went private and 
 `MultiToolTask` class quite differs from that in earlier VS2019s.
 
 (VS2022's `MultiToolTask` differs further)
 
 Another my impression from looking into `visuald` repo is that it isn't 
 actively developed at all.
 

The development mostly happens here: https://github.com/rainers/visuald

I have just pushed my changes to make it work with VS 2022.

The MultiToolTaskVisualD was contributed by someone who's no longer 
around AFAICT. I had to disable it in VS 2022 for now because of the 
mentioned problems.

 So I'm wondering:
 
 1. How big is `visuald`'s userbase?

According to the github stats, the last version has about 2000 downloads.

 2. Is `visuald` considered a viable IDE for D language?

I hope so ;-)

 
 I could help with fixing the problems with latest VS2019 and VS2022, but 
 I need some help with what the `Package` compilation model is.

Does the latest release fail for 16.11.6? It still works for me in 16.11.2.

 
 Can anybody point me to where is it explained in the context of `visuald`?

The package compilation model groups D source files by folder and 
compiles them to one object file for each group. It is somewhere between 
building all files in the project at once and each file individually.

 Does there exist any example of a `visuald` project using the `Package` 
 compilation model?
 

The dmd project 
https://github.com/dlang/dmd/blob/master/src/vcbuild/dmd.vcxproj#L163 
builds per package, but it doesn't use parallel compilation. I'm not 
sure if it is a feature that is actually needed. It was meant for single 
file compilation, which is seldom necessary anyway.

Imperatorn <johan_forsberg_86 hotmail.com> writes:

On Monday, 15 November 2021 at 22:23:30 UTC, Rainer Schuetze 
wrote:
 On 15/11/2021 10:52, awson wrote:
 [...]

 The development mostly happens here: 
 https://github.com/rainers/visuald

 I have just pushed my changes to make it work with VS 2022.

 The MultiToolTaskVisualD was contributed by someone who's no 
 longer around AFAICT. I had to disable it in VS 2022 for now 
 because of the mentioned problems.

 [...]

 According to the github stats, the last version has about 2000 
 downloads.

 [...]

 I hope so ;-)

 [...]

 Does the latest release fail for 16.11.6? It still works for me 
 in 16.11.2.

 [...]

 The package compilation model groups D source files by folder 
 and compiles them to one object file for each group. It is 
 somewhere between building all files in the project at once and 
 each file individually.

 [...]

 The dmd project 
 https://github.com/dlang/dmd/blob/master/src/vcbuild/dmd.vcxproj#L163 builds
per package, but it doesn't use parallel compilation. I'm not sure if it is a
feature that is actually needed. It was meant for single file compilation,
which is seldom necessary anyway.

Just wanted to say thanks for working on Visual D. It's a life 
saver for me when it comes to debugging as it mostly just works. 
The only problem I've had with it is related to dmdserver using a 
lot of memory and restarting.

If I restart VS the problem goes away.

awson <kyrab mail.ru> writes:

On Monday, 15 November 2021 at 22:23:30 UTC, Rainer Schuetze 
wrote:
 
 Can anybody point me to where is it explained in the context 
 of `visuald`?

 The package compilation model groups D source files by folder 
 and compiles them to one object file for each group. It is 
 somewhere between building all files in the project at once and 
 each file individually.

 Does there exist any example of a `visuald` project using the 
 `Package` compilation model?
 

 The dmd project 
 https://github.com/dlang/dmd/blob/master/src/vcbuild/dmd.vcxproj#L163 builds
per package, but it doesn't use parallel compilation. I'm not sure if it is a
feature that is actually needed. It was meant for single file compilation,
which is seldom necessary anyway.

Thanks!