Digital Mars D

[rickg22]

If only we had GDC...

[Michael]

If only we had GDC...

May be GDC D Compiler?

Michael

[byo]

Anyway D is not so known (a lot of people I have spoken with have never heard about it), there are no published books (may be I am wrong here ...

Maybe it could be changed because of Code::Blocks 

[Michael]

Maybe it could be changed because of Code::Blocks 

Yes, you're right .

Michael

[Dannerbeck_Dieter]

Support for D?! Ok. Now Code::Blocks is my first choice! I will go for a translation into german.

[Zingam]

So I cannot get it to work with C::B the latest build? What should I do?

[Michael]

So I cannot get it to work with C::B the latest build? What should I do?

Are you using the latest nightly build, right? Which are the problems you are having?

Best wishes,
Michael

[Zingam]

Yes I use the build from yesterday.

Code

-------------- Build: default in D ---------------
Compiling: main.d
parse     main
semantic  main
object.d: module object cannot read file 'object.d'
Process terminated with status 1 (0 minutes, 0 seconds)
0 errors, 0 warnings

I'm trying to compile:

Code

void main()
{
    printf("Hi");
}

I've unpacked these two files:
dmc.zip
dmd.zip
into a subfolder of codeblocks main installation folder -> C:\Program Files\CodeBlocks\digital_mars\d\dmd
then I compiler stettings Digital Mars D -> Programs
C:\Program Files\CodeBlocks\digital_mars\d\dmd
Digital Mars D-> Programs->Additional paths
C:\Program Files\CodeBlocks\digital_mars\d\dm
and
C:\Program Files\CodeBlocks\digital_mars\d\dm\bin


and I cannot compile.

NOTE: I've never used D. I'd like to try it but I don't want to use command line tools? So my questions are:
- How to make Code::Blocks to compile D sources.
- Where to find good tutorials/books
- How can I debug (can I use CB and gdb)?
- Should I always use set D compiler as default before I start a new D project? Can I use C/C++ and D (two compilers, without to select them manually) or a project type can specify which project should use which compiler?


What I've done too is to modificate the Console Application template, so it generates a simple template just like for C.

That's more elaborate now  :shock: I hope somebody can answer my questions I really love "exotic" things like new languages.

[Michael]

- Where to find good tutorials/books

You can find a lot of D info at the Digital Mars website.

Best wishes,
Michael

[Zingam]

I've managed to make it compile. But what about debugging. Is debugging of D programs supported within CB and gdb?

I also tried to run gdb from the command line but it says that it cannot recognise the file format of the D program. It works with a C++ program.

[sethjackson]

I don't see why it would work with GDB..... C++ and D are two different langs and I think that GDB is only for C/C++ AFAIK.

[Michael]

I've managed to make it compile. But what about debugging. Is debugging of D programs supported within CB and gdb?

I also tried to run gdb from the command line but it says that it cannot recognise the file format of the D program. It works with a C++ program.

I have found this link. May be it is useful for you.

Michael

[Michael]

I don't see why it would work with GDB..... C++ and D are two different langs and I think that GDB is only for C/C++ AFAIK.

Well, I thought the same, but here is what Walter from Digital Mars says (from the link above :

Any debugger that uses standard debugging information. If using linux, you can use gdb. If using Windows, you can use, for example, Microsoft's windbg.exe program (which comes on the DMC++ CD).

Best wishes,
Michael

[Zingam]

It seems to me that CB does not work with DMD properly. It does not apply the switches and sometimes when I set a switch and then reopen the Build options dialog it is not set.

Why are there two discriptions for the -g switch too?

I believe this is a bug? Where should I report it and hopefully somebody will fix it.

I hope next release of CB with MinGW will feature the GDC and a working debugger in the package too.