Safe Rust FFI: Binding and Calling C/C++ Native Shared Libraries on Linux
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Interfacing Rust with Existing C Infrastructure
Rewriting millions of lines of proven C/C++ code in Rust is often impractical. Foreign Function Interface (FFI) allows Rust applications to call native C functions with zero serialization overhead while exposing safe, ergonomic API boundaries.
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bindgen parses C header files using libclang and automatically generates corresponding type-safe Rust foreign function declarations and struct layouts.
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