• Jonathan Marler (5/5) Apr 23 2015 I know there's been developments in C++/D interop. I'm wondering
• Kagamin (2/2) Apr 24 2015 You mean llvm bindings?
• Jonathan Marler (2/4) Apr 24 2015 So is SDC just a rewrite of LDC in D?
• Kai Nacke (7/11) Apr 24 2015 No, SDC is a D compiler written from scratch in D, using LLVM as
• Kai Nacke (8/13) Apr 24 2015 Hi Jonathan!
• Dan Olson (7/11) Apr 24 2015 Kai, Just curious. When LDC moves to DDMD, is the plan to continue to
• Kai Nacke (8/15) Apr 26 2015 Hi Dan!

"Jonathan Marler" <johnnymarler gmail.com> writes:

I know there's been developments in C++/D interop.  I'm wondering 
what parts are missing to be able to use the LLVM IR 
Codegeneration libraries in a D application?  I figured I'd ask 
the LDC guys since you have experience with both LLVM and D. 
Thanks.

"Kagamin" <spam here.lot> writes:

You mean llvm bindings? 
https://github.com/deadalnix/SDC/tree/master/libd-llvm/import/llvm/c

"Jonathan Marler" <johnnymarler gmail.com> writes:

On Friday, 24 April 2015 at 07:33:10 UTC, Kagamin wrote:
 You mean llvm bindings? 
 https://github.com/deadalnix/SDC/tree/master/libd-llvm/import/llvm/c

So is SDC just a rewrite of LDC in D?

"Kai Nacke" <kai redstar.de> writes:

On Friday, 24 April 2015 at 13:24:31 UTC, Jonathan Marler wrote:
 On Friday, 24 April 2015 at 07:33:10 UTC, Kagamin wrote:
 You mean llvm bindings? 
 https://github.com/deadalnix/SDC/tree/master/libd-llvm/import/llvm/c

 So is SDC just a rewrite of LDC in D?

No, SDC is a D compiler written from scratch in D, using LLVM as 
backend library.

As LLVM is written in C/C++ bindings are required to use it with 
D. The SDC binding is one of several existing D bindings for LLVM.

Regards,
Kai

"Kai Nacke" <kai redstar.de> writes:

On Friday, 24 April 2015 at 05:36:10 UTC, Jonathan Marler wrote:
 I know there's been developments in C++/D interop.  I'm 
 wondering what parts are missing to be able to use the LLVM IR 
 Codegeneration libraries in a D application?  I figured I'd ask 
 the LDC guys since you have experience with both LLVM and D. 
 Thanks.

Hi Jonathan!

There are several D bindings for LLVM which you can use.
The drawback is that they all use the C interface which is 
sometimes a bit limited. I am not aware that there is a binding 
for the C++ interface.

Regards,
Kai

Dan Olson <zans.is.for.cans yahoo.com> writes:

"Kai Nacke" <kai redstar.de> writes:
 There are several D bindings for LLVM which you can use.
 The drawback is that they all use the C interface which is sometimes a
 bit limited. I am not aware that there is a binding for the C++
 interface.

Kai, Just curious.  When LDC moves to DDMD, is the plan to continue to
use the LLVM C++ interface, perhaps making the C++ glue layer simple
enough that D can handle properly, or will there be a switch to the LLVM
C interface?
-- 
Dan

"Kai Nacke" <kai redstar.de> writes:

On Friday, 24 April 2015 at 15:33:36 UTC, Dan Olson wrote:
 Kai, Just curious.  When LDC moves to DDMD, is the plan to 
 continue to
 use the LLVM C++ interface, perhaps making the C++ glue layer 
 simple
 enough that D can handle properly, or will there be a switch to 
 the LLVM
 C interface?

Hi Dan!

I think that the C interface of LLVM does not expose all the 
stuff LDC is using. We will end with having a C++ glue layer. 
This could also have a good side effect: we can try to 
encapsulate the API differences in the glue layer.

Regards,
Kai