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fspeech
on Aug 29, 2016
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Zig: a system language which prioritizes optimalit...
The first thing I would want to use something like this for is to write C API for a C++ library. Is that possible with the current state of Zig?
AndyKelley
on Aug 29, 2016
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I think the best language to do that in is C++. You write a C .h file, and then a C++ .cpp file that implements the C functions using the C++ API.
Zig doesn't know how to use the C++ ABI. It's pretty complicated.
fspeech
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You are right that C++ methods need to be invoked in C++ code. However C container types are too weak/inconvenient to wrap C++ code. I am wondering if something like Zig can be used to create STL like containers that can be used at the API level?
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