lemme in to [email protected] • 3 months agoThe US government wants devs to stop using C and C++www.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1220arrow-down119cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•3 months agoIn my understanding, you can’t interface with the C abi without using an unsafe block.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•3 months agoI think there are some crates that wrap the unsafe code for you, e.g. https://github.com/rodrimati1992/abi_stable_crates/ (I haven’t ever tried it).
minus-square@calcopirituslink0•2 months agoYou can just use an unsafe block though. Or make a thin wrapper that is just safe functions that inside just have an unsafe block with the C ABI function. Even if rust had a stable ABI, you would still need that unsafe block.
In my understanding, you can’t interface with the C abi without using an unsafe block.
I think there are some crates that wrap the unsafe code for you, e.g. https://github.com/rodrimati1992/abi_stable_crates/ (I haven’t ever tried it).
You can just use an unsafe block though. Or make a thin wrapper that is just safe functions that inside just have an unsafe block with the C ABI function.
Even if rust had a stable ABI, you would still need that unsafe block.