c2nim
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MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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c2nim
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I learned 7 programming languages so you don't have to
Also on the game development front, I maintain a raylib wrapper https://github.com/planetis-m/naylib As long utilities like c2nim https://github.com/nim-lang/c2nim exist, it's trivial to create bindings of C/C++ libraries. One thing I want to experiment more is making it more automatic by writing a callback exposed by c2nim that transform the generated code using Nim's AST. But regardless in that project I was able to write safe language abstractions on top of the bindings that provide a more native experience. It has scope-based memory management, generics and ... function overloading.
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The way integrate Rust into Nim
Rust also has a library called safer_ffi that makes FFI easier, and I tried to use that, but the library seems to be immature, and I could not get arguments in Rust functions. If this library can be used properly, it will be possible to output C header files from Rust functions and automatically generate Nim interface functions from C header files using c2nim. We look forward to further development of this feature.
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Checked C
Well I'm 99.5% certain at least. Even now I'm uncertain of the C syntax. And I've not been bold enough to test 3rd order C function pointers. I figure that's probably C code you don't wanna touch if possible.
https://github.com/nim-lang/c2nim/blob/11f2c5363dfe7e8c7c8ce...
The other annoying one is that "signed" and "unsigned" are basically adjectives, but "long" can be both a type and a modifier. So it's difficult to parse unless you're the target C compiler. Technically you can, but you have to use backtracking.
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Nim -- a modern "glue" language like Python
c2nim is a tool to translate ANSI C code to Nim. The output is human-readable Nim code that is meant to be tweaked by hand after the translation process. If you are tired of wrapping C library, you can try futhark which supports "simply import C header files directly into Nim". Similar to futhark, cinterop allows one to interop with C/C++ code without having to create wrappers. nimLUA is a glue code generator to bind Nim and Lua together using Nim's powerful macro. nimpy and nimporter is a bridge between Nim and Python. rnim is a bridge between R and Nim. nimjl is a bridge between Nim and Julia! Last but not least, genny generates a shared library and bindings for many languages such as Python, Node.js, C.
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Genny – Generate Nim library bindings for many languages
Now if only a full binding generator for C and C++ headers to Nim was done, the language would really be cooking!
"What do you mean, Nim has two of these already?"
Yeah, I know, and -- not to hurt anyone's feelings -- but: they kind of suck. And there's no way I see them able to be extended to do the job fully, based on the way they're currently built.
Those are some bold claims to make!
So before I get stoned to death (no offense to the authors, I am grateful that they exist and have used them both) let me attempt an explanation and back up these statements.
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To start off, the two tools available are "c2nim" and "nimterop". c2nim is a Nim official library, while nimterop is a community library.
https://github.com/nim-lang/c2nim
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ffipf - quickly jump to file in a project with a native module
Yes. Nim compiles to C and has a lot of features for interacting with C code. You can easily call C routines from Nim and Nim functions from C. There's a bit of a ceremony you need to go through, but most of it can be automated with c2nim tool: https://github.com/nim-lang/c2nim
- C2nim: A tool to translate ANSI C code to Nim
checkedc
- The NSA list of memory-safe programming languages has been updated
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The Fil-C Manifesto: Garbage In, Memory Safety Out
https://github.com/microsoft/checkedc
Also, one can combine subsets of C with FOSS, static analyzers that can handle those subsets. Then, compose only in ways that the tools can handle. Then, combinatorial and fuzz testing of the interface composition.
I know you’re doing the project for fun while exploring specific ways to achieve your goals. So, these are just some links and concepts that might help on your journey. Lots of folks don’t know about prior work in this area. So, I keep passing it on.
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My Bad Habit of Hoarding Information
- [Checked C](https://github.com/microsoft/checkedc) - extensions to make C safer #cpp
- Checked C
- Is it possible to have a superset of the C programming languages standard that is as safe as Rust?
- Checked C by Microsoft Research
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Azure CTO: “It's time to halt starting any new projects in C/C++ ”
Yes. Microsoft Research is working on "Checked C": https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/checked-c/
As a test, someone ported FreeBSD's networking stack to Checked C. It was easy and there was no overhead to performance and binary size.
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I want to learn csharp man
Haha. I think they did ultimately agree. Thus a later research project is: Checked-C
What are some alternatives?
nimterop - Nimterop is a Nim package that aims to make C/C++ interop seamless
koka - Koka language compiler and interpreter
futhark - Automatic wrapping of C headers in Nim
rust.ko - A minimal Linux kernel module written in rust.
nimLUA - glue code generator to bind Nim and Lua together using Nim's powerful macro
manyclangs - Repository hosting unofficial binary pack files for many commits of LLVM
cinterop - A C/C++ interop library for the Nim programming language
c2rust - Migrate C code to Rust
genny - Generate a shared library and bindings for many languages.
linux - Linux kernel source tree
tinycc - Unofficial mirror of mob development branch
dafny - Dafny is a verification-aware programming language