Writing modules in Rust?

[burli]

Is it possible to write modules like a mapgen or other Mods in Rust? What are the requirements?

[rubenwardy]

You either need to:

Rewrite the lua api cpp code in src/scripting/ to support multiple languages including Rust

or

Run Rust binaries from Lua: https://github.com/tomaka/hlua#creating-a-lua-module

[burli]

You either need to:

Rewrite the lua api cpp code in src/scripting/ to support multiple languages including Rust

or

Run Rust binaries from Lua: https://github.com/tomaka/hlua#creating-a-lua-module

That's if I want to write a mod. And I'm not sure if this works because it is for Lua 5.2. Nothing about luajit so far


But what if I want to write a native mapgen, e.g. by replacing the Boilerplate Code with Rust?

[rubenwardy]

It's possible to call Rust from C: http://siciarz.net/24-days-of-rust-call ... languages/

[burli]

Is the Boilerplate still valid code? Can't find any registerMapgen Function in the current dev

[kaadmy]

Another language I've found recently is Wren (http://wren.io/). It's not as fast as Lua (without JIT), but it's simpler to use and has more refined syntax and layout that Lua/Rust IMO.

[trev]

Wow. Wren looks like a cool language. The documentation doesn't seem finished, though. The section on the C API says "TODO", so I guess we're on our own there.

[kaadmy]

The header file for the C-side API is commented nicely, it includes enough information to use it.

[trev]

Oh, nice!