ref-cast
Safely cast &T to &U where the struct U contains a single field of type T. (by dtolnay)
rust-bindgen
Automatically generates Rust FFI bindings to C (and some C++) libraries. (by rust-lang)
| ref-cast | rust-bindgen | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 50 | |
| 174 | 4,131 | |
| - | 2.3% | |
| 7.4 | 9.0 | |
| 27 days ago | 3 days ago | |
| Rust | Rust | |
| Apache License 2.0 | BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
ref-cast
Posts with mentions or reviews of ref-cast.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-30.
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create a &Struct for a &Value
Yes, that's possible if you use repr(transparent). And as always David Tolnay has a crate for that: https://github.com/dtolnay/ref-cast
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When Rust hurts
Actually you can, as long as the newtype struct has #[repr(transparent)]. The ref-cast crate makes it easy to do this without having to (directly) use unsafe code!
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Hey Rustaceans! Got a question? Ask here (5/2023)!
You can add #[repr(transparent)] and then call transmute(), or use https://github.com/dtolnay/ref-cast (which is exactly what it does anyway, providing a safe interface).
rust-bindgen
Posts with mentions or reviews of rust-bindgen.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-20.
- Rust Bindgen
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ffizz: Build a Beautiful C API in Rust
Rust supports two kinds of FFI: calling into Rust from another language; and calling into another language from Rust. Most of the thought and tooling that exists right now is organized around the second kind. For example, bindgen is a popular tool that generates useful Rust wrappers from a C or C++ header file.
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Best practices in creating a Rust API for a C++ library? Seeking advice from those who've done it before.
I have looked into bindgen, but found that it would not be feasible due to OMPL not having a C API, just C++.
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the graphics driver doesn't work on gentoo.
Yes! Are you running LLVM version 16.0.0 or newer, by any chance? I believe this is an issue with some builds of bindgen with newer versions of LLVM. See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-bindgen/issues/2488
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Any sort of plugin engine with dynamic load ability and any limitations?
On native, you have to define a C API, probably using a header file. Even if both sides are implemented in Rust, they have to speak that C API (documentation).
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How can I use rust libraries in C++
Bindgen has some functionality for direct talk to C++ https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-bindgen
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Issue resolving dependencies when linking C libraries
I am trying to use rust-bindgen (https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-bindgen) to link a static C library (say `libexample.a`) which is compiled in a separate project with CMake. The `libexample.a` depends on other libraries (for example `libcurl.a`) installed on the system.
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I implemented a NASA image compression algorithm
It looks like the guy you're replying too was kind of an ass, but I do want to point out for anyone else reading that that's not actually that much of a technical limitation: rust code can natively call C code. The main thing you need is a translation of the C library's header file so rustc knows what C functions and structs exist, and that can be automatically generated with bindgen.
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Hey Rustaceans! Got a question? Ask here (5/2023)!
It's quite the different approach, but you could consider using bindgen instead.
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Control hardware using c# or c++ API (dll)
Use bindgen or CXX to create Rust bindings for the C or C++ libraries.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing ref-cast and rust-bindgen you can also consider the following projects:
kanin - A microservice framework for AMQP, protobuf and Rust.
Introducing .NET Multi-platform App UI (MAUI) - .NET MAUI is the .NET Multi-platform App UI, a framework for building native device applications spanning mobile, tablet, and desktop.
auto-future - A way to easily build structs that can be turned into futures
cxx - Safe interop between Rust and C++
autocxx - Tool for safe ergonomic Rust/C++ interop driven from existing C++ headers
JNA - Java Native Access
vulkano - Safe and rich Rust wrapper around the Vulkan API
CC - A small, usability-oriented generic container library.
cc - Command line crypto currency value converter.
win32metadata - Tooling to generate metadata for Win32 APIs in the Windows SDK.
surrealdb - A scalable, distributed, collaborative, document-graph database, for the realtime web
SWIG - SWIG is a software development tool that connects programs written in C and C++ with a variety of high-level programming languages.
ref-cast vs kanin
rust-bindgen vs Introducing .NET Multi-platform App UI (MAUI)
ref-cast vs auto-future
rust-bindgen vs cxx
rust-bindgen vs autocxx
rust-bindgen vs JNA
rust-bindgen vs vulkano
rust-bindgen vs CC
rust-bindgen vs cc
rust-bindgen vs win32metadata
rust-bindgen vs surrealdb
rust-bindgen vs SWIG