Swift and C++ interoperability workgroup announcement

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  • swift

    The Swift Programming Language

    • > I wish they'd start by standardizing something equivalent to "extern C" in Swift

    There is the unofficial (but very relied upon) @_cdecl, if you're OK with needing to update your code if/when that eventually gets standardized. That attribute will take care of the calling convention difference for you.

    https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/main/docs/ReferenceGuide...

  • cxx-interop-test

    Small test app for C++ Interop with Swift.

    • Yes, it has been in the Swift compiler for some time now

    The original flag was "-experimental-cxx-interop", now it is "-enable-cxx-interop"

    See here for examples of it in use, including interop with the C++ std library types:

    https://github.com/plotfi/cxx-interop-test

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  • cxx

    Safe interop between Rust and C++

    • Not a working group, but a library does exist: https://cxx.rs/

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