• Cristian Becerescu (20/20) Aug 13 2019 Hello!
• Andre Pany (9/31) Aug 14 2019 Hello Cristi,
• jmh530 (13/21) Aug 14 2019 It works for a lot of things, but judging by the Issues backlog

Cristian Becerescu <cristian.becerescu yahoo.com> writes:

Hello!

My name is Cristi, I'm a final year Computer Science student and 
I've recently heard about SAoC, which I'm very excited about.

I'm specifically interested in the DPP project, which is enabling 
direct C/C++ header inclusion in D files. Now, as far as I 
understand, there are several issues with DPP (not working with 
some Linux headers, probably due to specific GCC flags) which 
need to be solved, and I would be really grateful if people from 
the D community could give me some advice regarding this.

What do you think about this SAoC project overall? Do you have 
any suggestions about it?
What do you think is a good starting point for dealing with this 
project?
What technologies should I familiarize myself with? (llvm, gcc, 
other linux internals etc.)
Is DPP a big deal for the D community? Have you tried using it? 
What problems have you encountered while using it? What are some 
current limitations of DPP that bother you?

Thank you,
Cristi

Andre Pany <andre s-e-a-p.de> writes:

On Tuesday, 13 August 2019 at 21:01:46 UTC, Cristian Becerescu 
wrote:
 Hello!

 My name is Cristi, I'm a final year Computer Science student 
 and I've recently heard about SAoC, which I'm very excited 
 about.

 I'm specifically interested in the DPP project, which is 
 enabling direct C/C++ header inclusion in D files. Now, as far 
 as I understand, there are several issues with DPP (not working 
 with some Linux headers, probably due to specific GCC flags) 
 which need to be solved, and I would be really grateful if 
 people from the D community could give me some advice regarding 
 this.

 What do you think about this SAoC project overall? Do you have 
 any suggestions about it?
 What do you think is a good starting point for dealing with 
 this project?
 What technologies should I familiarize myself with? (llvm, gcc, 
 other linux internals etc.)
 Is DPP a big deal for the D community? Have you tried using it? 
 What problems have you encountered while using it? What are 
 some current limitations of DPP that bother you?

 Thank you,
 Cristi

Hello Cristi,

I am not an expert in this area, but direct usage of c/c++ header 
files sounds like a killer feature for D. From a technical point 
I cannot say wheter this is feasible but it would be really great 
to have this feature.

Kind regards
Andre

jmh530 <john.michael.hall gmail.com> writes:

On Wednesday, 14 August 2019 at 14:42:04 UTC, Andre Pany wrote:
 [snip]

 Hello Cristi,

 I am not an expert in this area, but direct usage of c/c++ 
 header files sounds like a killer feature for D. From a 
 technical point I cannot say wheter this is feasible but it 
 would be really great to have this feature.

 Kind regards
 Andre

It works for a lot of things, but judging by the Issues backlog 
on github it probably has some work to do before it gets to 1.0.0.

Atila Neves obviously was the key developer and probably the best 
person for the OP get in touch with.

One thing that might be interesting wrt to dpp, beyond fixing 
issues (which is also very valuable), might be to make a list of 
C libraries that already have D bindings and check what dpp works 
on. Your job is already partly done because the binding it 
available. At a minimum, you can verify what dpp works on - that 
D users have found valuable enough to already submit bindings - 
and what it doesn't work on, helping to pinpoint additional 
issues.