Ivan FB 0a8b53a06d
feat(codegen): Go bindings return typed structs natively
Struct-returning methods now hand back a typed Go struct instead of the raw
CBOR/bytes. Since the native return POD is freed right after the callback, the
POD->Go conversion must happen in-callback: the generator emits a `fromC()`
reader per {.ffi.} type and, per struct-returning proc, an exported Go result
callback. The method calls the native entry point directly with that callback
and a `runtime/cgo.Handle` (boxed in a small C allocation so it travels through
the void* userData checkptr-safe), then blocks until the callback delivers the
typed value or error on the result slot.

String/raw-returning procs keep the existing C-bridge + condvar path. Validated
end-to-end (Echo/Complex/Schedule) including under `go run -race`.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-31 18:37:19 +02:00
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timer example

This example is a self-contained Nimble project demonstrating how to import nim-ffi and use the .ffiCtor. / .ffi. abstraction.

Usage

  1. Change into the example directory:

    cd examples/timer
    
  2. Install the local ffi dependency:

    nimble install -y ../..
    
  3. Build the example library:

    nimble build
    
  4. Generate bindings:

    nimble genbindings_rust
    nimble genbindings_cpp
    

Rust example clients

The Rust client lives in examples/timer/rust_client.

  • Run the sync example:

    cd examples/timer/rust_client
    cargo run --bin rust_client
    
  • Run the Tokio example:

    cd examples/timer/rust_client
    cargo run --bin tokio_client
    

C++ example

The generated C++ example lives in examples/timer/cpp_bindings.

Build and run it with:

cd examples/timer/cpp_bindings
cmake -S . -B build
cmake --build build
./build/example