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The Mix package for rustler, a library to write Erlang Native Implemented Functions (NIFs) in Rust programming language.

Installation

This package is available on Hex.pm. To install it, add :rustler to your dependencies:

def deps do
  [
    {:rustler, "~> 0.35.1", runtime: false}
  ]
end

Usage

  1. Fetch and compile all necessary dependencies:

    $ mix deps.get && mix deps.compile

  2. Check your installation by showing help from the installed Mix task:

    $ mix help rustler.new

  3. Generate the boilerplate for a new Rustler project. Follow the instructions to configure your project:

    $ mix rustler.new

  4. Load the NIF in your program..

Crate configuration

The Rust crate compilation can be controlled via Mix compile-time configuration in config/config.exs. See configuration options for more details.

Loading the NIF

Loading a Rustler NIF is done in almost the same way as normal NIFs.

The actual loading is done by calling use Rustler, otp_app: :my_app in the module you want to load the NIF in. This sets up the @on_load module hook to load the NIF when the module is first loaded.

defmodule MyProject.MyModule do
  use Rustler,
    otp_app: :my_app,
    crate: :my_crate

  # When loading a NIF module, dummy clauses for all NIF function are required.
  # NIF dummies usually just error out when called when the NIF is not loaded, as that should never normally happen.
  def my_native_function(_arg1, _arg2), do: :erlang.nif_error(:nif_not_loaded)
end

Note that :crate is the name in the [lib] section of your Cargo.toml. The :crate option is optional if your crate and otp_app use the same name.

See the Rustler module for more information.

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Contribution

Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.