• akcom (1/1) Mar 16 2008 I've got some cipher/hashing routines (AES, RSA, and SHA256, not that it...
• torhu (14/15) Mar 16 2008 Yes, you need to use dmc. msvc uses a different object file format.
• bearophile (4/5) Mar 17 2008 I think you may be ignorant about this matter, but I don't think you are...

akcom <CppCoder gmail.com> writes:

I've got some cipher/hashing routines (AES, RSA, and SHA256, not that it
matters) that are written C.  I'd like to compile them into a static library so
that I can basically wrap it in D bindings and use it in my application.  Feel
free to correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm under the impression that I must
compile my C static library with the digitalmars C compiler.  Unfortunately
having come from Visual C++ 6.0, I'm not very well adept at console
compiling/linking.  I feel quite stupid asking this, but could someone explain
to me how I can build a static library in C that can be used in a D project?

torhu <no spam.invalid> writes:

akcom wrote:
 I've got some cipher/hashing routines (AES, RSA, and SHA256, not that it
matters) that are written C.  I'd like to compile them into a static library so
that I can basically wrap it in D bindings and use it in my application.  Feel
free to correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm under the impression that I must
compile my C static library with the digitalmars C compiler.  Unfortunately
having come from Visual C++ 6.0, I'm not very well adept at console
compiling/linking.  I feel quite stupid asking this, but could someone explain
to me how I can build a static library in C that can be used in a D project?

Yes, you need to use dmc.  msvc uses a different object file format. 
You compile the files with dmc, then use the lib tool if you want to 
collect in a static link library.  A static link library is really just 
an archive of object files, with an index telling the linker which 
object file contains which symbols.

Here are some sample command lines:

dmc -c file1.c file2.c
lib -c mylib file1 file2

Then you can do:

dmd myapp mylib.lib


And it'll be like linking with file1.obj and file2.obj.

docs for lib:
http://www.digitalmars.com/ctg/lib.html

bearophile <bearophileHUGS lycos.com> writes:

akcom:
 Unfortunately having come from Visual C++ 6.0, I'm not very well adept at
console compiling/linking.  I feel quite stupid asking this, but

I think you may be ignorant about this matter, but I don't think you are
stupid. Stupid people are the ones that don't want to learn, etc.

Bye,
bearophile