Cpp Lib

[stiff lintel]

Greetings once again odin-folk,
I have a question i seek answers to.
I have this cpp library that I would like to consume with Odin. How would I go about doing this?

• Should I rewrite the parts of the code that I need in Odin?
• Should I compile a .lib from the cpp project and write and consume it that way? If so then how? How would classes be consumed?
• Seek or create a C wrapper for the cpp project?

[scenic ravine]

It depends, if it's a small library rewriting it might not be a bad idea. otherwise, if it doesn't extern "C" the things you need, then yeah you'll need to make a C wrapper. If it's COM, odin has some facilities to bind to those as well, and making bindings to class vtables isn't too bad. what library are you trying to bind to?

[nocturne delta]

Indeed. Option 3. Write C wrappers for what you call.

[stiff lintel]

Yes Sir, Thank you for the guidance

[stiff lintel]

The cpp project is Vulkan-Bootstrap

[stiff lintel]

Would something like this:

Be sufficient for Odin to consume?

granted that I also add foreign lib {} block in a Odin file?

[zenith herald]

There exists odin bindings for vkb already: https://github.com/Capati/odin-vk-bootstrap

[storm basin]

It’s not important, but also note that those are not bindings, those are a complete reimplementation instead.