Usage

Translate a single file

./build/cpp2rust/cpp2rust --file=<file>.cpp -o=<file>.rs

By default, the reference counting model is used (fully safe output). To generate unsafe Rust instead:

./build/cpp2rust/cpp2rust --file=<file>.cpp -o=<file>.rs --model=unsafe

Minimal example. Given hello.cpp:

#include <cstdio>
int main() {
  printf("hello world\n");
  return 0;
}

Running ./build/cpp2rust/cpp2rust --file=hello.cpp -o=hello.rs produces:

pub fn main() {
    std::process::exit(main_0());
}
fn main_0() -> i32 {
    println!("hello world");
    return 0;
}

Compile and run with:

rustc hello.rs -L ../libcc2rs/target/debug
./hello

Translate a whole program

First generate a compile_commands.json for your project. With CMake this is one extra flag:

cmake -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON ..

Then run:

./build/cpp2rust/cpp2rust --dir=<dir> -o <output>.rs

<dir> must be the directory that contains compile_commands.json.