Is there a way to convert C++ headerfiles into Odin?

[Joe23232]

Is there a way to convert C++ headerfiles into Odin?

[Breush]

Hi @Joe23232 ,

According to https://github.com/odin-lang/Odin/wiki/Binding-to-C it is not made easy to bind with C++ directly.

People usually write a small C wrapper that allow accessing the C++ API with C-like functions.

Does that make sense?

[Joe23232]

Hi @Joe23232 ,

According to https://github.com/odin-lang/Odin/wiki/Binding-to-C it is not made easy to bind with C++ directly.

People usually write a small C wrapper that allow accessing the C++ API with C-like functions.

Does that make sense?

Hey man,

Yes it does make sense, but is it then somehow possible to write a small C wrapper to access the C++ API and then convert the C wrapper file into Odin, that way Odin would be accessing the C++ API?

I am kinda new to programming so I don't quite know how this kind of stuff works.

[Breush]

To answer simply: yes, it is possible. Once you have your C API (hiding the C++ details) you can either write the Odin binding by hand or use odin-binding-generator to automate this process.

But I am not aware of any tool that can automate the creation of your C API from the C++. As far as I know, it has to be done by hand. Which, depending on the scope of the C++ project, it can be pretty time-consuming.

However:

• Big C++ projects (for instance Bullet physics engine) should already have some official or non-official C API project (here's one I found). Because the problem of interfacing with C++ programs occurs in many other programming languages - it's way easier to interface with C.
• Small or your own C++ projects can easily be C-ify if you don't need to expose too many functionalities. Some help from StackOverflow if you need.

Hope it helps you. :)

[Joe23232]

Thanks man it does help :)