{"id":3070,"date":"2023-04-02T06:28:15","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T00:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rangakrish.com\/?p=3070"},"modified":"2023-04-02T06:28:15","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T00:58:15","slug":"building-v-language-dll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rangakrish.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/02\/building-v-language-dll\/","title":{"rendered":"Building V Language DLL"},"content":{"rendered":"

The relatively new V Programming Language (Vlang)<\/strong><\/em><\/a> boasts of some interesting features such as \u201cfast compilation\u201d<\/strong><\/em> and runtime performance \u201cas fast as C\u201d<\/strong><\/em>, at the same time being a \u201csimple language\u201d<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

As I normally do with other languages that I learn and use, I decided to see how easy it is to build a shared library, a Windows DLL<\/strong><\/em> in this case. Today\u2019s article explains this aspect of the language.<\/p>\n

I am using V 0.3.3<\/strong><\/em> on my Windows 10 (64 bit)<\/strong><\/em> machine.<\/p>\n

First, let us define a couple of functions. Here is the code I wrote:<\/p>\n

\"V<\/a>
V Program<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The function \u201cfibonacci\u201d<\/strong><\/em> computes the \u201cnth\u201d Fibonacci<\/strong><\/em> number and the function \u201clucas\u201d<\/strong><\/em> computes the \u201cnth\u201d Lucas<\/strong><\/em> number. Because both functions are identical except for the starting values, I wrote a helper function to share the logic.<\/p>\n

The functions that need to be exported from the DLL<\/strong><\/em> must use the \u201cexport\u201d<\/strong><\/em> attribute and must be defined as \u201cpub\u201d<\/strong><\/em>. Accordingly, the functions \u201cfibonacci\u201d<\/strong><\/em> and \u201clucas\u201d<\/strong><\/em> are both public and have the \u201cexport\u201d<\/strong><\/em> attribute, whereas the helper function is private and is not exported.<\/p>\n

Compiling the source to generate the DLL<\/strong><\/em> is quite simple. Just run \u201cv -shared -prod dllfns.v\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/span> from the command prompt (Note: This requires \u201cgcc\u201d<\/strong><\/em> or \u201cMSVC\u201d<\/strong><\/em> to be present in the PATH<\/strong><\/em>). This will create the DLL<\/strong> \u201cdllfns.dll\u201d<\/strong><\/em> along with a few other files. To use the generated DLL<\/strong><\/em> in another program, we do not require any other dependent file. This makes deploying the DLL<\/strong><\/em> easy.<\/p>\n

To consume the Vlang DLL<\/strong><\/em>, I first wrote a C++<\/strong><\/em> program:<\/p>\n

\"C++<\/a>
C++ Program to Consume the DLL<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I copied the DLL<\/strong><\/em> to the C++<\/strong><\/em> executable directory and then ran the program:<\/p>\n

\"Program<\/a>
Program Output<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Works as expected!<\/p>\n

As another test, I wrote a Lisp<\/strong><\/em> program (LispWorks<\/a> 64 bit Windows<\/strong><\/em>) to call the two functions defined in the DLL<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n

\"Lisp<\/a>
Lisp Program<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

That also works perfectly!<\/p>\n

\"Lisp<\/a>
Lisp Result<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My first experience with Vlang<\/strong><\/em> is quite positive and I am quite eager to explore the other features of the language in due course.<\/p>\n

Here<\/strong><\/em><\/a> are the source files I used.<\/p>\n

Have a great weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The relatively new V Programming Language (Vlang) boasts of some interesting features such as \u201cfast compilation\u201d and runtime performance \u201cas fast as C\u201d, at the same time being a \u201csimple language\u201d. 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