Porting WIne to D

[Christopher Selph]

I agreee  that just converting syntax would not be enough, but it would make
OO design in D alot easier and faster. It an idea currently, I was just
looking for some input.

On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Gert van den Berg <wine-devel at mohag.net>wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 22:58, Christopher Selph <cds.wine at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>Porting a codebase the size
> >>
> >> >of Wine will probably take years...
> >>
> >> Actually I'm working on a program to convert C code to D code. You can
> >> find/replace most instances of code, like unsigned int (C) with uint
> (D).
> >> The import/include files might take some work though.
>
> Just converting the syntax won't help much. It might compile, but it
> lacks the design changes (such as proper OO) needed to properly
> exploit a new language. You end up with code with the same problems as
> the original, but in a language that the programmers are unfamiliar
> with... (For C++, duplication of functionality in the STL is an
> example of what often happens if you directly port C code)
>
> Wine (like the Linux kernel) might be a good codebase to test your
> application on (for your own testing), since it is quite a large,
> complicated codebase... The chances of having it accepted into Wine is
> probably quite small... (My guess would be that your chances of being
> struck by lightning while winning the lottery are about equal...)
>
> http://www.winehq.org/site/docs/winedev-guide/style-notes might give
> you an idea of some of the things relatively simple patches struggle
> with to get included...
>
> Gert
>
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