• llee (1/1) Sep 13 2007 Is it possible to call functions defined in a .a library created using o...
• BCS (10/14) Sep 13 2007 to call the C function: int Foo(int bar, char* baz)

llee <llee goucher.edu> writes:

Is it possible to call functions defined in a .a library created using object
files compiled with GCC in DMD? If so, how do you call these functions from a D
application?

BCS <ao pathlink.com> writes:

Reply to llee,

 Is it possible to call functions defined in a .a library created using
 object files compiled with GCC in DMD? If so, how do you call these
 functions from a D application?
 

to call the C function: int Foo(int bar, char* baz)
add the line :

extern(C) int Foo(int bar, char* baz);

to your d code, call the function as you would any  other d function and 
then link with the .o or .a file with the function in it.
I think you can link in files just by adding them to the dmd command line, 
or you can copy the gcc command line that dmd outputs and add the needed 
files (the -c flag will stop dmd from tying to link)
Somewhere in the docs is a page about how to convert other types and things.