Comment Comment by WalterBright > You can’t actually write a C parserActually, you can. I added one to the D compiler, and dubbed it ImportC. With ImportC, in your D code you can write: import stdio; and if there's a stdio.h file, the D compiler will read the .h file, parse it, and present the ABI to it in a D-ish manner to your D code. Here it is:https://github.com/dlang/dmd/blob/master/compiler/src/dmd/cp...It's so darned useful I expect other languages will do it, too. People were skeptical at first, but it's a solid gold productivity enhancer. parent WalterBright 4 years ago
Actually, you can. I added one to the D compiler, and dubbed it ImportC. With ImportC, in your D code you can write:
and if there's a stdio.h file, the D compiler will read the .h file, parse it, and present the ABI to it in a D-ish manner to your D code. Here it is:https://github.com/dlang/dmd/blob/master/compiler/src/dmd/cp...
It's so darned useful I expect other languages will do it, too. People were skeptical at first, but it's a solid gold productivity enhancer.