Erlang NIF in Rust
This is an example of how to implement a NIF in Rust. It works for me, might work for you, but don't be mad if it eats your homework.
While it would be feasible to write real-world code following this example,
as the entire erl_nif.h
interface is available thanks to bindgen
,
it would still require a lot of yak shaving.
You'll be much better off using Daniel Goertzen's ruster_unsafe
.
It's a Rust crate that takes the idea of this example a lot further
and delivers ready to use bindings.
Don't miss ruster_unsafe demo
.
Running the code
Adjust the following options in Makefile
to match your environment:
ERLANG_SRC_DIR ?= ${HOME}/.kerl/builds/17.1/otp_src_17.1
ERLANG_EI_LIB_DIR ?= ${HOME}/apps/erlang/17.1/lib/erl_interface-3.7.17/lib
RUST_DIR ?= ${HOME}/apps/rust/1.0.0
Then run:
make test
If you got
Test OK - the Rust NIF works
as the last output line then everything worked fine - you have the example
dynamically loaded library in priv/
.
Otherwise, you might've received
Test failed - try building the dynamically loaded library manually
in which case the real fun begins - please inspect the Makefile
and file
an issue on what went wrong (did I mention that PRs are also welcome?).
?!
This is an example project for a short presentation about using Rust NIFs from within Erlang.