README.md

FFI Go/Rust

This project implements a simple FFI call of Rust library in Go:

• The Rust project is compiled as a static library
• The Go project embeds the Rust library and accesses it with CGO

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Pre-requisites

Step 1: Install Golang

• Install a correctly configured Go toolchain (version 1.17+).
• Make sure that your GOPATH and GOBIN environment variables are properly set up.

Step 2: Install Rust

• Install a correctly configured Rust toolchain (version 1.58.0+).

Download source code:

# Download sources from github
git clone https://github.com/jpraynaud/ffi-go-rust

# Go to sources directory
cd ffi-go-rust

Build and run binary:

# Build
make build

# Run
make run

# or Build & Run
make

Build and run Docker container:

# Build Docker image
docker build -t ffi-go-rust .

# Run Docker container
docker run --rm --name='ffi-go-rust' ffi-go-rust

Verify

# When running you should see somethingg like this
Hello World in Rust
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