Since the D1 days, D has had a package protection attribute akin to Java's (though unlike Java, it is not the default). Applying package protection to any symbol in a module makes it accessible only to modules in the same package.[code=nocode:0]module mylib.mypackage.mymodule;package struct MyStruc…

From late February up until about two weeks ago, I've had my head down over my keyboard working on a book about the D programming language for PACKT called 'Learning D'. The electronic version is currently available from the publisher's site for roughly half-price. Both kindle and print versions ar…

One D construct I often use is the scope guard statement. This allows you to write code that executes when a scope exits under one of three circumstances: an exception is thrown, no exception is thrown, or always. Example:[code=nocode:0]void main() { import std.stdio; scope( failure ) { …

I recall very clearly the first time I ever saw a video game. It must have been in the summer of either '78 or '79, just before my 7th or 8th birthday. I walked into a local 7-11, just a short distance from my house, and was puzzled to see this big box surrounded by a bunch of older kids. Space Inv…

This is the fifth and final part of a series on creating bindings to C libraries for the D Programming Language.

In part one, I introduced the difference between dynamic and static bindings and some of the things to consider when choosing which kind to implement. In part two, I talked about the diff…

This story has nothing really to do with D except peripherally, but it's a tale worth telling as a warning to others.This is the best place for me to tell it.

I had a collection of C code that I'd built up over the years. I suppose I still have it, but it's sitting on the hard drive of a closeted do…

Given that my BorderWatch project has languished on github for months without any updates beyond the first few days of random hacking, it's going to be a while before it can serve as an example of game programming in D. So I had some free time recently and decided to do something different. I put t…

This is the fourth part of a series on creating bindings to C libraries for the D Programming Language.

In part one, I introduced the difference between dynamic and static bindings and some of the things to consider when choosing which kind to implement. In part two, I talked about the different lin…

Uniform Function Call Syntax (UFCS) is a feature of the D Programming Language that was finally implemented in all its glory in a recent compiler release. It has been available for use with arrays for quite some time, since the early days of D1. But now it is available for every type imaginable.

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This is the (long overdue) third part of a series on creating bindings to C libraries for the D programming language.

In part one, I introduced the difference between dynamic and static bindings and some of the things to consider when choosing which kind to implement. In part two, I talked about th…