• KytoDragon (8/8) Apr 29 I want to use dll-style hot-reloading for a windows application
• Richard (Rikki) Andrew Cattermole (6/15) Apr 29 Your best bet probably is to use dub as a library, and change your
• KytoDragon (8/8) Jun 15 For anyone looking for a solution, i created a batch-file called

KytoDragon <kytodragon notmyemail.com> writes:

I want to use dll-style hot-reloading for a windows application 
which requires a different name for the PDB file for each 
compilation. (windows locks the pdb file when loading the dll and 
the compiler can't create a new pdb with the same name). How can 
I achieve this with dub? Is there a way to inject variables into 
the linker flags?

E.g. something like this in the dub.json:

"lflags-windows-ldc": ["/PDB:foo_%random%.pdb"]

"Richard (Rikki) Andrew Cattermole" <richard cattermole.co.nz> writes:

On 30/04/2024 10:20 AM, KytoDragon wrote:
 I want to use dll-style hot-reloading for a windows application which 
 requires a different name for the PDB file for each compilation. 
 (windows locks the pdb file when loading the dll and the compiler can't 
 create a new pdb with the same name). How can I achieve this with dub? 
 Is there a way to inject variables into the linker flags?
 
 E.g. something like this in the dub.json:
 
 "lflags-windows-ldc": ["/PDB:foo_%random%.pdb"]

Your best bet probably is to use dub as a library, and change your 
``targetName`` or ``targetPath`` on each compilation.

Alternatively you could generate your dub file with the change in it 
each time that depends upon the actual library (which would be a 
``sourceLibrary``).

KytoDragon <kytodragon notmyemail.com> writes:

For anyone looking for a solution, i created a batch-file called 
"ldc2_random.bat" with this content:

```
 echo off
del myapp_*.pdb > NUL 2> NUL
ldc2 %* -L/PDB:myapp_%random%.pdb
```

and then set my compiler to "--compiler=ldc2_random.bat"