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Source Code to the Digital Mars C and C++ compilers.

http://www.digitalmars.com

Running the compiler:

https://digitalmars.com/ctg/sc.html

Building the compiler (Win32 only):

  1. Download and install Digital Mars C++ compiler from https://www.digitalmars.com/download/freecompiler.html
  2. Download and install DMD 2.074.1 from http://downloads.dlang.org/releases/2017/
  3. In the DMD installation, edit the file src\druntime\importcore\stdc\stdio.d and replace shared stdout = &_iob[1]; with enum stdout = &_iob[1];.
  4. Run git submodule update --init to make sure you have up-to-date submodules.
  5. Change directory to dm\src\dmc
  6. Make sure the dm\bin\make.exe program is on your PATH.
  7. Execute the commands: make CC=dmc clean make CC=dmc scppn You might need to edit the makefile to set the path to your DMD installation.

Note that DMC runs on Win32, and hasn't been ported to other platforms. It can generate code for Win32, 16 bit DOS, 16 and 32 bit Windows, 286 DOS extenders, and 386 DOS extenders.

Updating the backend

In order to update the backend to a more recent version, do the following:

  1. Go to the DMD submodule: cd dm/src/dmd;
  2. Fetch the latest commits: git fetch
  3. Checkout the desired commit, e.g.:
    • git checkout origin/master: Checkout the latest version of the DMD backend;
    • git checkout v2.095.0: Checkout the state of the backend as of DMD v2.095.0;
    • git checkout 385312b93: Checkout the state of the backend as of commit 385312b93;
  4. Leave the dmd repository, e.g. cd ../../ to come back to the root of this repository;
  5. Commit the change to the submodule: git add dm/src/dmd && git commit -m "Update DMD backend to master"

Alternatively, when pulling from this repository, remember to always run git submodule update --init if the submodule have been updated. This is visible from git status:

$ git diff
diff --git a/dm/src/dmd b/dm/src/dmd
index 123456789..abcdef123 160000
--- a/dm/src/dmd
+++ b/dm/src/dmd
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 67ca0a14c4d4d3161541eda27a4126f889d53546
+Subproject commit 385312b93239311c038ffd8c221ac62738006382

To learn more about git submodule, see this section of the Pro Git book.