libchat/nim-bindings/conversations_example.nimble
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chore(nim-bindings): replace dynlib dlopen with plain importc (#61)
* chore(nim-bindings): replace dynlib dlopen with plain importc

The dynlib pragma hard-coded a library path and resolved it via dlopen() at
runtime, preventing static linking and forcing a specific load-time path.
Using bare {.importc.} lets consumers choose: link liblibchat dynamically
at link time (--passL:-llibchat) or link it statically into their binary.

* Rust -> Nim ABI  (#62)

* Use correct build hook

* force sret like return from rust code for nim compatibility

* Fix target mismatch

* Update usages

* ci: add nim-bindings-test

* fix(nim-bindings): fix ABI mismatch in destroy_* FFI functions and add defer-based cleanup

Nim's C backend silently transforms large struct parameters (>16 bytes) into
pointer parameters when calling importc functions. The destroy_* functions were
declared taking T by value in Rust, but Nim always passed &T — causing Rust to
read garbage from the stack on x86-64 (SIGILL on CI) while accidentally working
on ARM64 macOS due to that ABI coincidentally also using pointers for large structs.

Fix by changing all destroy_* functions to take &mut T and using drop_in_place,
which is the correct idiom for dropping a value through a pointer.

On the Nim side, replace scattered manual destroy calls with defer, which
guarantees cleanup on all exit paths and prevents use-after-destroy bugs.

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Co-authored-by: Jazz Turner-Baggs <473256+jazzz@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-02-25 20:09:55 +01:00

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# Package
version = "0.1.0"
author = "libchat"
description = "Nim Bindings for LibChat"
license = "MIT"
srcDir = "src"
bin = @["libchat"]
# Dependencies
requires "nim >= 2.2.4"
requires "results"
proc buildRust() =
exec "cargo build --release --manifest-path ../Cargo.toml"
# Build Rust library before compiling Nim
before build:
buildRust()
task pingpong, "Run pingpong example":
buildRust()
exec "nim c -r --path:src --passL:../target/release/liblibchat.a --passL:-lm examples/pingpong.nim"