Interfacing with Rust

[Matheus Catarino]

https://forum.dlang.org/post/dudpbkerfrdlnggizmpq@forum.dlang.org

On Saturday, 1 October 2022 at 03:14:44 UTC, mw wrote:
> extern(C++)？
>
> Why do you think Rust export C++ linkage?
>

Rust support [two mangling 
version](https://doc.rust-lang.org/rustc/symbol-mangling/index.html#mangling-versions)
: `legacy` (C++ compatible) and `v0` (theoretical equivalent to 
`extern(D)`). Until the 2021 edition, legacy is still the default.


> Do it in plain C style, you may make it work.

C ABI is more practical and stable. However, there are cases 
where adapting to the C style can be limiting compared to 
C++/D/Rust using more advanced features, including generic 
programming.

An example of this is the use of cbindgen which mixes C with 
`cpp_compat`.