https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal_lib

Automatic binding generator for native libraries in Crystal
https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal_lib

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Automatic binding generator for native libraries in Crystal

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal_lib
• Owner: crystal-lang
• Created: 2014-11-04T20:38:54.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-12-15T05:15:33.000Z (9 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-09T23:46:27.528Z (4 months ago)
• Language: Crystal
• Size: 142 KB
• Stars: 139
• Watchers: 15
• Forks: 31
• Open Issues: 24
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
# crystal_lib [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/crystal-lang/crystal_lib.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/crystal-lang/crystal_lib)

Automatic binding generator for native libraries in Crystal.

NOTE: THIS PROJECT IS EXPERIMENTAL. WHILE IT'S PROVING USEFUL FOR A WIDE RANGE OF LIBRARIES, THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL CORNER CASES THAT WILL NOT TRANSLATE PROPERLY. 

This will eventually be integrated into the compiler itself so you don't have to manually

generate these bindings and copy & paste them into your project. The advantage of this is

that some types and values vary depending on the platform, so generating these as late

as possible is the best thing to do.

## Status

For now you can use this as a tool to generate bindings from a `lib` declaration. Check

the examples directory.

### Usage

```

crystal src/main.cr -- examples/lib_git2.cr

```

This will write the generate lib definition to standard output.