Lib.rs

Tools for implementing and transcribing C APIs.

&CStr, CString and Box are not FFI safe.

#[deny(improper_ctypes_definitions)]
extern "C" fn bad(_: &CStr, _: Box<u8>) -> CString { todo!() }

&SeaStr, SeaString and SeaBox are FFI-safe equivalents.

#[deny(improper_ctypes_definitions)]
extern "C" fn good(_: &SeaStr, _: SeaBox<u8>) -> SeaString { todo!() }

assert_eq!(size_of::<SeaBox<u8>>(),         size_of::<*mut u8>());
assert_eq!(size_of::<Option<SeaBox<u8>>>(), size_of::<*mut u8>());
assert_eq!(size_of::<SeaString>(),          size_of::<*mut c_char>());
assert_eq!(size_of::<Option<SeaString>>(),  size_of::<*mut c_char>());

[trait@TransmuteFrom] is the culmination of this crate, for writing your own wrappers to C types. See its documentation for more.