• Fabian Classen (20/20) Feb 24 2010 Hi
• Robert Clipsham (10/30) Feb 24 2010 How about:
• Fabian Classen (5/43) Feb 24 2010 Thank you very much :-)

Fabian Classen <classen.fabian googlemail.com> writes:

Hi
I am new in D.
I've the following problem. I want to use a old function out of the C 
programming language. I'm using D, with the dmd compiler, and the Tango 
lib. My "dirty" solution is the following:

<code>
version (Tango) extern (C) int getchar();

void main() {
	char quit = '\0';
	while (quit != 'q') {
		quit = getchar;
	}
}
</code>

But I believe the first line is too inconvenient.
Are there any better solutions to use C functions with the Tango lib.

I'm looking forward to your answers and I would be very happy with a few 
code exampes.

Greetings from Germany
Fabian Classen

Robert Clipsham <robert octarineparrot.com> writes:

On 24/02/10 19:46, Fabian Classen wrote:
 Hi
 I am new in D.
 I've the following problem. I want to use a old function out of the C
 programming language. I'm using D, with the dmd compiler, and the Tango
 lib. My "dirty" solution is the following:

 <code>
 version (Tango) extern (C) int getchar();

 void main() {
 	char quit = '\0';
 	while (quit != 'q') {
 		quit = getchar;
 	}
 }
 </code>

 But I believe the first line is too inconvenient.
 Are there any better solutions to use C functions with the Tango lib.

 I'm looking forward to your answers and I would be very happy with a few
 code exampes.

 Greetings from Germany
 Fabian Classen

How about:

----
import tango.stdc.stdio;
----

If you're using tango then there's no need for the version(Tango), 
unless you plan on supporting phobos too. I'd advise not to do this, as 
you'll only end up duplicating your efforts, the time's better spent on 
your actual program :) Plus, should you decide to migrate to D2 at a 
later date, all these efforts will have been wasted.

Fabian Classen <classen.fabian googlemail.com> writes:

Am Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:58:59 +0000 schrieb Robert Clipsham:

 On 24/02/10 19:46, Fabian Classen wrote:
 Hi
 I am new in D.
 I've the following problem. I want to use a old function out of the C
 programming language. I'm using D, with the dmd compiler, and the Tango
 lib. My "dirty" solution is the following:

 <code>
 version (Tango) extern (C) int getchar();

 void main() {
 	char quit = '\0';
 	while (quit != 'q') {
 		quit = getchar;
 	}
 }
 </code>

 But I believe the first line is too inconvenient. Are there any better
 solutions to use C functions with the Tango lib.

 I'm looking forward to your answers and I would be very happy with a
 few code exampes.

 Greetings from Germany
 Fabian Classen

 
 How about:
 
 ----
 import tango.stdc.stdio;
 ----
 
 If you're using tango then there's no need for the version(Tango),
 unless you plan on supporting phobos too. I'd advise not to do this, as
 you'll only end up duplicating your efforts, the time's better spent on
 your actual program :) Plus, should you decide to migrate to D2 at a
 later date, all these efforts will have been wasted.

Thank you very much :-)
That's the module I was looking for.

Best wishes!
Fabian Classen