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reply Nils Hensel <nils.hensel web.de> writes:
Hi,

I finally decided to give Derelic a try to fool around a little in SDL. 
I downloaded Derelic 0.1 from DSource but when I try to import SDL I get 
following error message:

C:\dmd\src\derelict\sdl\events.d(220): cannot implicitly convert 
expression (-1) of type int to ubyte

I understand the problem but why was a constant with the value -1 
declared to be an unsigned integer in the first place? Why is such an 
error in the sources? Everybody must have problems with this declaration 
so in fact Derelict is useless in this state. And what is the workaround?

Regards,
Nils
Jun 25 2005
next sibling parent reply clayasaurus <clayasaurus gmail.com> writes:
Nils Hensel wrote:

 Hi,
 
 I finally decided to give Derelic a try to fool around a little in SDL. 
 I downloaded Derelic 0.1 from DSource but when I try to import SDL I get 
 following error message:
 
 C:\dmd\src\derelict\sdl\events.d(220): cannot implicitly convert 
 expression (-1) of type int to ubyte
 
 I understand the problem but why was a constant with the value -1 
 declared to be an unsigned integer in the first place? Why is such an 
 error in the sources? Everybody must have problems with this declaration 
 so in fact Derelict is useless in this state. And what is the workaround?
 
 Regards,
 Nils


Hi. For future reference, please post questions about derelict here 
http://www.dsource.org/forums/viewforum.php?f=19&sid=9311bf5994b3
229dedb8a3d4bbf07ae 
  if possible.

If you did not realize, Derilict 0.1 is sorely outdated, roughly a year 
old. The D compiler has been evolving ever since that time, and the 0.1 
release doesn't work with the current D compiler.

Your best bet is to get a hold of SVN here http://subversion.tigris.org/ 
and download the latest version of derelict from its repository. 
(http://svn.dsource.org/projects/derelict)

More instructions can be found here 
http://www.dsource.org/site/svnclient.php just remember that you use 
svn.dsource.org/projects instead of svn.dsource.org/svn/projects.

Goodluck!
Jun 25 2005
parent Nils Hensel <nils.hensel web.de> writes:
clayasaurus schrieb:

 Hi. For future reference, please post questions about derelict here 
 http://www.dsource.org/forums/viewforum.php?f=19&sid=9311bf5994b3
229dedb8a3d4bbf07ae 
  if possible.


Sorry, I will do so in the future.


 If you did not realize, Derilict 0.1 is sorely outdated, roughly a year 
 old. The D compiler has been evolving ever since that time, and the 0.1 
 release doesn't work with the current D compiler.


I thought so, but I was puzzled by the lack of information and tempted 
by the ease downloading the archive on dsource ;-)


 Your best bet is to get a hold of SVN here http://subversion.tigris.org/ 
 and download the latest version of derelict from its repository. 
 (http://svn.dsource.org/projects/derelict)


Did as proposed and everything works like a charm now, thanks!

Regards,
Nils
Jun 26 2005
prev sibling parent reply Mike Parker <aldacron71 yahoo.com> writes:
Nils Hensel wrote:

 Hi,
 
 I finally decided to give Derelic a try to fool around a little in SDL. 
 I downloaded Derelic 0.1 from DSource but when I try to import SDL I get 
 following error message:
 
 C:\dmd\src\derelict\sdl\events.d(220): cannot implicitly convert 
 expression (-1) of type int to ubyte
 
 I understand the problem but why was a constant with the value -1 
 declared to be an unsigned integer in the first place? Why is such an 
 error in the sources? Everybody must have problems with this declaration 
 so in fact Derelict is useless in this state. And what is the workaround?


One of these days I'll get some new zip archives uploaded. Derelict has 
grown and evolved quite a bit since that 0.1 archive was posted. Until 
new release archives get posted (the only thing remaining to do before 
that happens is to implement the Linux scripts for the Build utility), 
the current version can always be checked out of svn. The "New Users" 
thread in the Derelict forums 
(http://www.dsource.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=828) should go a long way 
toward getting you started.
Jun 26 2005
parent reply Nils Hensel <nils.hensel web.de> writes:
Mike Parker schrieb:

 One of these days I'll get some new zip archives uploaded. Derelict has 
 grown and evolved quite a bit since that 0.1 archive was posted. Until 
 new release archives get posted (the only thing remaining to do before 
 that happens is to implement the Linux scripts for the Build utility), 
 the current version can always be checked out of svn. The "New Users" 
 thread in the Derelict forums 
 (http://www.dsource.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=828) should go a long way 
 toward getting you started.


It did, thanks. And by the way: Great Work!

It's a pity though that Python didn't make it into derelict since it's 
an awesome language and would be a wonderful addition to any D app in 
need of scripting support. But maybe someday ...

Best regards,
Nils
Jun 26 2005
next sibling parent clayasaurus <clayasaurus gmail.com> writes:
Nils Hensel wrote:

 Mike Parker schrieb:
 

 One of these days I'll get some new zip archives uploaded. Derelict 
 has grown and evolved quite a bit since that 0.1 archive was posted. 
 Until new release archives get posted (the only thing remaining to do 
 before that happens is to implement the Linux scripts for the Build 
 utility), the current version can always be checked out of svn. The 
 "New Users" thread in the Derelict forums 
 (http://www.dsource.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=828) should go a long 
 way toward getting you started.


 
 
 It did, thanks. And by the way: Great Work!
 
 It's a pity though that Python didn't make it into derelict since it's 
 an awesome language and would be a wonderful addition to any D app in 
 need of scripting support. But maybe someday ...
 
 Best regards,
 Nils


You can always try lua, it is in the bindings project at dsource, and a 
derelict like version of it is here 
http://svn.dsource.org/projects/warbots/trunk/current/derelict/lua/

Maybe not as great as python, but it is something.
Jun 26 2005
prev sibling parent Mike Parker <aldacron71 yahoo.com> writes:
Nils Hensel wrote:

 
 It did, thanks. And by the way: Great Work!


Thanks!


 
 It's a pity though that Python didn't make it into derelict since it's 
 an awesome language and would be a wonderful addition to any D app in 
 need of scripting support. But maybe someday ...


It will be there eventually, as I really want to use it myself.
Jun 26 2005