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D.gnu - version Windows on cygwin?

reply "Carlos Santander B." <csantander619 gmail.com> writes:
Ok, so building gdc on cygwin isn't really difficult: it's just a matter
of having the paths right.
But now that it's ready, I tried compiling a simple program and it
caused an static assert(0) on std.c.windows.windows. Now, cygwin runs on
top of Windows, so shouldn't version Windows be enabled?

_______________________
Carlos Santander Bernal
Feb 14 2005
next sibling parent reply "Nick Sabalausky" <z a.a> writes:
"Carlos Santander B." <csantander619 gmail.com> wrote in message 
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 Ok, so building gdc on cygwin isn't really difficult: it's just a matter
 of having the paths right.
 But now that it's ready, I tried compiling a simple program and it
 caused an static assert(0) on std.c.windows.windows. Now, cygwin runs on
 top of Windows, so shouldn't version Windows be enabled?

 _______________________
 Carlos Santander Bernal


I'm not sure. Cygwin is supposed to emulate Unix, and so a true emulation of 
Unix wouldn't have Windows, since a real Unix doesn't. But since it is in 
reality running under Windows, I guess that make it somewhat ambiguous.
Feb 14 2005
parent reply "Nick Sabalausky" <z a.a> writes:
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 "Carlos Santander B." <csantander619 gmail.com> wrote in message 
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 Ok, so building gdc on cygwin isn't really difficult: it's just a matter
 of having the paths right.
 But now that it's ready, I tried compiling a simple program and it
 caused an static assert(0) on std.c.windows.windows. Now, cygwin runs on
 top of Windows, so shouldn't version Windows be enabled?

 _______________________
 Carlos Santander Bernal


 I'm not sure. Cygwin is supposed to emulate Unix, and so a true emulation 
 of Unix wouldn't have Windows, since a real Unix doesn't. But since it is 
 in reality running under Windows, I guess that make it somewhat ambiguous.


I guess it depends on whether C/C++ programs under Cygwin can access the 
Windows API. And I don't know enough about Cygwin to know if that can be 
done or not.
Feb 14 2005
next sibling parent Eric Hanchrow <offby1 blarg.net> writes:
 "Nick" == Nick Sabalausky <z a.a> writes:










    Nick> I guess it depends on whether C/C++ programs under Cygwin
    Nick> can access the Windows API. And I don't know enough about
    Nick> Cygwin to know if that can be done or not.

They can, but typically don't.

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Feb 14 2005
prev sibling parent Georg Wrede <georg.wrede nospam.org> writes:
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"Carlos Santander B." <csantander619 gmail.com> wrote in message 
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Ok, so building gdc on cygwin isn't really difficult: it's just a matter
of having the paths right.
But now that it's ready, I tried compiling a simple program and it
caused an static assert(0) on std.c.windows.windows. Now, cygwin runs on
top of Windows, so shouldn't version Windows be enabled?

_______________________
Carlos Santander Bernal


I'm not sure. Cygwin is supposed to emulate Unix, and so a true emulation 
of Unix wouldn't have Windows, since a real Unix doesn't. But since it is 
in reality running under Windows, I guess that make it somewhat ambiguous.


 
 
 I guess it depends on whether C/C++ programs under Cygwin can access the 
 Windows API. And I don't know enough about Cygwin to know if that can be 
 done or not. 


This should actually be asked on some Cygwin forum! There probably is an 
established way of doing this -- and we wouldn't want to break it.
Mar 25 2005
prev sibling parent reply Andy Friesen <andy ikagames.com> writes:
Carlos Santander B. wrote:

 Ok, so building gdc on cygwin isn't really difficult: it's just a matter
 of having the paths right.
 But now that it's ready, I tried compiling a simple program and it
 caused an static assert(0) on std.c.windows.windows. Now, cygwin runs on
 top of Windows, so shouldn't version Windows be enabled?


Cygwin g++ does not define WIN32.  MinGW g++ does.

gdc should probably mirror this behaviour.

  -- andy
Feb 14 2005
next sibling parent Manfred Nowak <svv1999 hotmail.com> writes:
Andy Friesen wrote: 

[...]

 Cygwin g++ does not define WIN32.


[...]

Isn't GNU defined?

-manfred
Feb 14 2005
prev sibling next sibling parent "Carlos Santander B." <csantander619 gmail.com> writes:
Andy Friesen wrote:

 Carlos Santander B. wrote:
 

 Ok, so building gdc on cygwin isn't really difficult: it's just a matter
 of having the paths right.
 But now that it's ready, I tried compiling a simple program and it
 caused an static assert(0) on std.c.windows.windows. Now, cygwin runs on
 top of Windows, so shouldn't version Windows be enabled?


 
 
 Cygwin g++ does not define WIN32.  MinGW g++ does.
 
 gdc should probably mirror this behaviour.
 
  -- andy


That sounds reasonable (even if I still think std.c.windows.windows 
should be available).

_______________________
Carlos Santander Bernal
Feb 15 2005
prev sibling parent David Friedman <d3rdclsmail_a_ _t_earthlink_d_._t_net> writes:
Andy Friesen wrote:

 Carlos Santander B. wrote:
 

 Ok, so building gdc on cygwin isn't really difficult: it's just a matter
 of having the paths right.
 But now that it's ready, I tried compiling a simple program and it
 caused an static assert(0) on std.c.windows.windows. Now, cygwin runs on
 top of Windows, so shouldn't version Windows be enabled?


 
 
 Cygwin g++ does not define WIN32.  MinGW g++ does.
 
 gdc should probably mirror this behaviour.
 
  -- andy


Does it make sense to set Windows/Win32 if the -mno-cygwin option is given?

David
Feb 15 2005