Rust Qt Binding Generator

Re:Rust Qt Binding Generator by rhn_mk1 on Friday May 18, 2018 @08:04AM (#17100714)

By writeable references, I meant replacing one QML reference by another:

    RustFoo {id: "foo"}
    RustBar {
      foo_field: foo
    }

This is possible with my branch. Your above example needs to be amended the following way:

    "child": {
        "type": "Child",
    +     "write": "true"
    }

The API changes quite a bit unfortunately, and is no longer so nice to use.

Unfortunately, my ideas to use (read-only) objects in itemProperties all end up complicating the API even worse, with abundant Box<>es and wrappers over wrappers. I can't find an elegant way to work around the mismatch between some Rust and C++ concepts (mostly lifetimes), but I expect to come up with something worth discussing within a couple of weeks.

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Re:Rust Qt Binding Generator by oever on Friday May 18, 2018 @11:31AM (#17102262)

> The API changes quite a bit unfortunately, and is no longer so nice to use.

The object property could be changed to use QSharedPointer<X> when it is writable instead of a raw pointer (const X*). The setter could be done completely in C++ initially, since the main use case, as you show, is to assign that value in QML or Qt code.

> objects in itemProperties [..] I expect to come up with something worth discussing within a couple of weeks

Looking forward to it!

For any Qt, QML or Rust experts reading this: I'd love your keen eyes on the generated code from Rust Qt Binding Generator.

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