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reply JScott <jrs7561 louisiana.edu> writes:
http://www.gamedev.net/reference/programming/features/dmarsd/
Jan 20 2008
next sibling parent reply Jascha Wetzel <firstname mainia.de> writes:
JScott wrote:

 http://www.gamedev.net/reference/programming/features/dmarsd/


i agree with him, that the D docs are lacking an index or good ToC. the 
search doesn't help.
what he writes about the terseness of the docs made me think of the 
commented online docs that e.g. the PHP docs have (had?). every page of 
documentation has a blog-like comment section at the end (optionally 
moderated to keep it compact). that is an easy way to let the community 
increase the value of the docs.

also, i obviously have to wonder why people don't find the -g compiler 
switch and ddbg and instead complain about bad debugging support.
Jan 20 2008
parent reply Daniel Lewis <murpsoft hotmail.com> writes:
Jascha Wetzel Wrote:


 JScott wrote:

 http://www.gamedev.net/reference/programming/features/dmarsd/


 
 i agree with him, that the D docs are lacking an index or good ToC. the 
 search doesn't help.
 what he writes about the terseness of the docs made me think of the 
 commented online docs that e.g. the PHP docs have (had?). every page of 
 documentation has a blog-like comment section at the end (optionally 
 moderated to keep it compact). that is an easy way to let the community 
 increase the value of the docs.
 
 also, i obviously have to wonder why people don't find the -g compiler 
 switch and ddbg and instead complain about bad debugging support.


D has a built-in debugger, but it'll never be as good as IDA Pro with symbols. 
I just can't remember how to import the symbols; and D executables come with
80kb of crap I need to figure out how to wade through.

I'll agree it's hard to search for docs on D, but I've become good at using the
left sidebar to navigate Walter's site, and I like most of his explanations of
things.  Certainly better than anything I've got going for Walnut.

Regards.
Jan 20 2008
parent Jascha Wetzel <firstname mainia.de> writes:
Daniel Lewis wrote:

 D has a built-in debugger, but it'll never be as good as IDA Pro with symbols.
 I just can't remember how to import the symbols; and D executables come with
80kb of crap I need to figure out how to wade through.


D has a built-in debugger? what do you mean?

the 80kb are the runtime that D needs to be what it is. MSVC for example 
has such a thing, too, but it's separated into a .dll.
Jan 20 2008
prev sibling parent Walter Bright <newshound1 digitalmars.com> writes:
JScott wrote:

 http://www.gamedev.net/reference/programming/features/dmarsd/


Now on reddit: http://programming.reddit.com/info/662tz/comments/

digg: 
http://digg.com/programming/Game_Programming_with_the_D_Programming_Language
Jan 20 2008