Parse transform module for using Zigler with erlang.

Prerequisites

In order to use Zigler in an erlang project, you must have the Elixir runtime. You may do this any way you wish, but Zigler recommends rebar_mix:

https://github.com/Supersonido/rebar_mix

There are instructions on how to make sure Elixir is available at compile time for your erlang project.

Building a Zig Module

General documentation on parse transforms is very light. To use zigler as a parse transform:

-module(my_erlang_module).
-compile({parse_transform, zigler}).
-export([...]).

-zig_code("
pub fn hello_world() [] const u8 {
  return \"Hello, world!\";
}
")

-zig_opts([{otp_app, my_app}]).

This creates the hello_world/0 function in your module which returns the "Hello, world!" binary.

for options to be delivered in the zig_opts attribute, see the Zig module documentation.

Note that the ... for the nifs option is not representable in erlang AST. Instead, use the tuple {auto, [<nifs options...>]}

Note

Erlang integration is experimental and the interface may be changed in the future.