• fbmac (2/2) Jun 16 2016 How people use it on Linux, if htod is required to import C
• ketmar (2/4) Jun 16 2016 we don't.
• Dicebot (3/5) Jun 16 2016 People don't use htod. https://github.com/jacob-carlborg/dstep is
• fbmac (3/8) Jun 16 2016 Thanks, I'll check it out. This was always a barrier for me to
• bachmeier (11/13) Jun 16 2016 Just to clarify, so as to prevent confusion by someone that
• yawniek (3/16) Jun 16 2016 https://wiki.dlang.org/D_binding_for_C is also helpful

fbmac <machado2 gmail.com> writes:

How people use it on Linux, if htod is required to import C 
libraries and windows only?f

ketmar <ketmar ketmar.no-ip.org> writes:

On Thursday, 16 June 2016 at 12:23:09 UTC, fbmac wrote:
 How people use it on Linux, if htod is required to import C 
 libraries and windows only?f

we don't.

Dicebot <public dicebot.lv> writes:

On Thursday, 16 June 2016 at 12:23:09 UTC, fbmac wrote:
 How people use it on Linux, if htod is required to import C 
 libraries and windows only?f

People don't use htod. https://github.com/jacob-carlborg/dstep is 
best what one can be for plain binding generation.

fbmac <machado2 gmail.com> writes:

On Thursday, 16 June 2016 at 12:39:00 UTC, Dicebot wrote:
 On Thursday, 16 June 2016 at 12:23:09 UTC, fbmac wrote:
 How people use it on Linux, if htod is required to import C 
 libraries and windows only?f

 People don't use htod. https://github.com/jacob-carlborg/dstep 
 is best what one can be for plain binding generation.

Thanks, I'll check it out. This was always a barrier for me to 
take the effort of learning D

bachmeier <no spam.com> writes:

On Thursday, 16 June 2016 at 12:23:09 UTC, fbmac wrote:
 How people use it on Linux, if htod is required to import C 
 libraries and windows only?f

Just to clarify, so as to prevent confusion by someone that 
randomly stumbles across this post, you do not need htod, dstep, 
or any other tool to call C libraries from D. dstep generates 
bindings to C libraries for you.

You can create the bindings yourself in your D source files, and 
if you only want to call a couple of functions from a particular 
C library, that's the most convenient. 
http://dlang.org/spec/interfaceToC.html

The wording of the question implies that one of these tools is 
required to call into C libraries, which is not correct.

yawniek <dlang srtnwz.com> writes:

On Thursday, 16 June 2016 at 19:04:38 UTC, bachmeier wrote:
 On Thursday, 16 June 2016 at 12:23:09 UTC, fbmac wrote:
 How people use it on Linux, if htod is required to import C 
 libraries and windows only?f

 Just to clarify, so as to prevent confusion by someone that 
 randomly stumbles across this post, you do not need htod, 
 dstep, or any other tool to call C libraries from D. dstep 
 generates bindings to C libraries for you.

 You can create the bindings yourself in your D source files, 
 and if you only want to call a couple of functions from a 
 particular C library, that's the most convenient. 
 http://dlang.org/spec/interfaceToC.html

 The wording of the question implies that one of these tools is 
 required to call into C libraries, which is not correct.

https://wiki.dlang.org/D_binding_for_C is also helpful
they should be put together.