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How to generate Lua boilerplate with D

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73 pointsqznc5 comments

If you haven't seen this, the D Gems section of the D Tour highlights some of D's most exciting features:

In particular, here is another explanation of the scope feature presented in the LuaD article:

Is there something like

    extern "C" { void foo(); }

For D? That way you'd be able to use the LuaJIT ffi. That, in combination with what's in the OP, would be killer.

Yes [0].

    extern (C++) int foo(int i, int j, int k);

In fact, D can both access C++, and C++ can access D, as you can see further down that link, on classes.

But, if you don't want C++, then [1]:

    extern (C) int foo(int i, int j, int k);

Which is actually in the article.

Yep, except you'd write it

    extern(C) { void foo(); }

Here is an example: