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Bug 18301 – `Error: no object files to link` when passing a ".a" instead of a ".o" => should be supported

Status: RESOLVED
Resolution: WONTFIX
Severity: normal
Priority: P3
Component: dmd
Product: D
Version: D2
Platform: x86
OS: Mac OS X
Creation time: 2018-01-25T22:29:51Z
Last change time: 2023-05-05T13:17:19Z
Assigned to: No Owner
Creator: Timothee Cour

Comments

Comment #0 by timothee.cour2 — 2018-01-25T22:29:51Z

seems like an un-necessary restriction: dmd -c main.d dmd main.o #ok dmd -lib main.d dmd main.a #Error: no object files to link Can that be supported? NOTE: a workaround is to add an empty `dummy.d`: dmd main.a dummy.d

Comment #1 by razvan.nitu1305 — 2023-05-05T13:17:19Z

What would be the result of this? Normally you link a library with your code. If you simply pass a library to the compiler what should the compiler do? Most libraries (if not all) don't have a main function so what is the compiler supposed to do if you provide it with a library? I think that this behavior should not be supported.