Can't compile with latest dmd about gtkd HOT 9 CLOSED

Assigning this in the constructor was always a bit of a hack. Looks like i'm forced to finally implement a proper solution.

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I didn't even know this = null; was legal. It does seem nice ;)

But I've been checking the history for that file and it used to just throw an exception. I don't see why someone got rid of that.

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The constructors get called from Gtkd functions which return those objects or null, so an exception would be cumbersome in those cases as it's perfectly valid for those functions to return null.

Also for Classes that are derived from ObjectG the constructor also reassigns this to a previously constructed object.

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I think thoses functions you were talking about should check if, e.g., the atkAction is NULL, so then it won't be the constructor's 'problem'.
What I'm saying is that I think the single responsibility principle should definitely be 'applied' in this situation.

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Here's an example of what I meant:
Action action = atkAction ? new Action(atkAction) : null;

I noticed you've removed quite some lines ;)
The directory gio still won't compile; can I help/assist you with anything?

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I think i've got all of them, i still heve to try compiling with 2.061 though.

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Well, GtkD compiles using the latest version of dmd/druntime/phobos. So that's great ;)
But when I include the library in an project of mine, upon linking it gives the following error:

/usr/local/lib/libgtkd-2.a(Loader.o): In function `_D4gtkc6Loader12pLoadLibraryFAyaE4gtkc6Loader4RTL--- errorlevel 1
DZPv':
src/gtkc/Loader.d:(.text._D4gtkc6Loader12pLoadLibraryFAyaE4gtkc6Loader4RTLDZPv+0x2f): undefined reference to `dlopen'
src/gtkc/Loader.d:(.text._D4gtkc6Loader12pLoadLibraryFAyaE4gtkc6Loader4RTLDZPv+0x38): undefined reference to `dlerror'
/usr/local/lib/libgtkd-2.a(Loader.o): In function `_D4gtkc6Loader10pGetSymbolFPvAyaZPv':
src/gtkc/Loader.d:(.text._D4gtkc6Loader10pGetSymbolFPvAyaZPv+0x2c): undefined reference to `dlsym'
src/gtkc/Loader.d:(.text._D4gtkc6Loader10pGetSymbolFPvAyaZPv+0x35): undefined reference to `dlerror'
/usr/local/lib/libgtkd-2.a(Loader.o): In function `_D4gtkc6Loader14pUnloadLibraryFPvZi':
src/gtkc/Loader.d:(.text._D4gtkc6Loader14pUnloadLibraryFPvZi+0x9): undefined reference to `dlclose'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

Too be honest, I don't know what the cause of this could be.

Edit:
Is there a C-library of some kind I need to use?

    extern(C)
    {
        void* dlopen(char*, int);
        char* dlerror();
        void* dlsym(void*,char*);
        int   dlclose(void*);
    }

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Yes, you'll need libdl.

Add:

-L-ldl

to the dmd commandline.

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Thanks! It works :) 👍

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