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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Rust.md b/docs/markdown/Rust.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b2376c3 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/markdown/Rust.md @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ +--- +title: Rust +short-description: Working with Rust in Meson +--- + +# Using Rust with Meson + +## Mixing Rust and non-Rust sources + +Meson currently does not support creating a single target with Rust and non Rust +sources mixed together, therefore one must compile multiple libraries and link +them. + +```meson +rust_lib = static_library( + 'rust_lib', + sources : 'lib.rs', + ... +) + +c_lib = static_library( + 'c_lib', + sources : 'lib.c', + link_with : rust_lib, +) +``` +This is an implementation detail of Meson, and is subject to change in the future. + +## Mixing Generated and Static sources + +*Note* This feature was added in 0.62 + +You can use a [[structured_source]] for this. Structured sources are a dictionary +mapping a string of the directory, to a source or list of sources. +When using a structured source all inputs *must* be listed, as Meson may copy +the sources from the source tree to the build tree. + +Structured inputs are generally not needed when not using generated sources. + +As an implementation detail, Meson will attempt to determine if it needs to copy +files at configure time and will skip copying if it can. Copying is done at +build time (when necessary), to avoid reconfiguring when sources change. + +```meson +executable( + 'rust_exe', + structured_sources( + 'main.rs', + { + 'foo' : ['bar.rs', 'foo/lib.rs', generated_rs], + 'foo/bar' : [...], + 'other' : [...], + } + ) +) +``` diff --git a/docs/sitemap.txt b/docs/sitemap.txt index 11b64e0..e562ac7 100644 --- a/docs/sitemap.txt +++ b/docs/sitemap.txt @@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ index.md Vala.md D.md Cython.md + Rust.md IDE-integration.md Custom-build-targets.md Build-system-converters.md |