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reply solidstate1991 <laszloszeremi outlook.com> writes:
I know that BindBC exists and otherwise would use it, but the 
bigger the library, the more extra hurdle it'll have. When I did 
a few bindings with it, I had to order the functions the right 
way, so I could do things much quicker with the Ctrl+Alt+Shift 
trick under VSCode, and even then having to write both a 
statically linked and dynamically linked version (the latter 
which required the functions to be loaded individually into 
function pointers).

Maybe I should write some automation tool...
May 11
parent reply Lance Bachmeier <no spam.net> writes:
On Saturday, 11 May 2024 at 19:33:03 UTC, solidstate1991 wrote:

 I know that BindBC exists and otherwise would use it, but the 
 bigger the library, the more extra hurdle it'll have. When I 
 did a few bindings with it, I had to order the functions the 
 right way, so I could do things much quicker with the 
 Ctrl+Alt+Shift trick under VSCode, and even then having to 
 write both a statically linked and dynamically linked version 
 (the latter which required the functions to be loaded 
 individually into function pointers).

 Maybe I should write some automation tool...


You might find this package useful 
https://code.dlang.org/packages/dynamic
May 11
parent Lance Bachmeier <no spam.net> writes:
On Saturday, 11 May 2024 at 20:04:38 UTC, Lance Bachmeier wrote:

 On Saturday, 11 May 2024 at 19:33:03 UTC, solidstate1991 wrote:

 I know that BindBC exists and otherwise would use it, but the 
 bigger the library, the more extra hurdle it'll have. When I 
 did a few bindings with it, I had to order the functions the 
 right way, so I could do things much quicker with the 
 Ctrl+Alt+Shift trick under VSCode, and even then having to 
 write both a statically linked and dynamically linked version 
 (the latter which required the functions to be loaded 
 individually into function pointers).

 Maybe I should write some automation tool...


 You might find this package useful 
 https://code.dlang.org/packages/dynamic


Also relevant if they're C functions: 
https://forum.dlang.org/post/qxctappnigkwvaqakeqf forum.dlang.org

And this if you want to convert C headers to D code: 
https://forum.dlang.org/post/ugvc3o$5t3$1 digitalmars.com
May 11