• Mineko (3/3) Jan 27 2014 I can't remember whether or not I've asked this.. But either way,
• FreeSlave (10/14) Jan 28 2014 Do you mean loading classes and structs at runtime? You can do
• Benjamin Thaut (10/13) Jan 28 2014 You should be able to use classes from dynamic libraries just like you

"Mineko" <uminekorox gmail.com> writes:

I can't remember whether or not I've asked this.. But either way, 
is it possible to "export" a class or a struct or something like 
you do with a windows dll with a linux shared library (dll)?

"FreeSlave" <freeslave93 gmail.com> writes:

On Tuesday, 28 January 2014 at 02:40:40 UTC, Mineko wrote:
 I can't remember whether or not I've asked this.. But either 
 way, is it possible to "export" a class or a struct or 
 something like you do with a windows dll with a linux shared 
 library (dll)?

Do you mean loading classes and structs at runtime? You can do 
this just like in C++ - both library and application should know 
common base type. Then you need to resolve factory function from 
library. Factory function may create some derived class instance 
and return it as base, which known to application. But I'm not 
sure about GC - you will end up with two garbage collectors, as I 
presume. This solution also is only for classes, since structs 
don't support inheritance. Loading structs is more complicated 
and needs some reflection by hand, but still possible.

Benjamin Thaut <code benjamin-thaut.de> writes:

Am 28.01.2014 03:40, schrieb Mineko:
 I can't remember whether or not I've asked this.. But either way, is it
 possible to "export" a class or a struct or something like you do with a
 windows dll with a linux shared library (dll)?

You should be able to use classes from dynamic libraries just like you 
use classes from static libraries on linux. On windows the dll support 
is incomplete and it is not possible at the moment, to use a dll the 
same way as a static library. It is however possible to use factory 
functions on windows. But you will run into numerous other problems with 
windows dlls, so I don't recommend it.
In case you are interrested read: http://wiki.dlang.org/DIP45

Kind Regards
Benjamin Thaut