[vlc-devel] [RFC: PATCH 1/2] libvlc: Add Rust API for writing modules in rust

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

	Hi,

Manually wrapping the API sounds like a lose-lose proposition, as not all core 
developers know Rust in general, and/or Rust C bindings in particular, and you 
cannot expect/require them to update Rust code. This raises two separate 
questions:

1) Why are the bindings not generated automatically? Rust has tools 
specifically for this purpose. VLC is not particularly heavy on preprocessor 
macros so automatic binding generators should work just fine - or then, *they* 
need to be fixed.

2) Who's in charge of updating the Rust modules when the core API changes? We 
can't expect all developers of core patches to know Rust, and know it well 
enough to update Rust code properly. FWIW, I believe that only a minority of 
the TC knows Rust well at this point in time even, not to speak of the broader 
vlc-devel active membership.

Professional (sponsored) developers may or may not be granted the time and 
material to train any time soon. And hobbbyists - in particular, but not 
limited, to TC members David, Denis and myself* - are potentially in an even 
worse position. And this problem is _not_ on the same level of difficulty as 
with C++ and Objectionable C.

(*) I did buy a Rust book out of my own pocket, but it's unclear if/when I'll 
have the time to actually read and assimilate it, regardless of motivation.

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