C API/Interface

[general-rishkin]

I see that Dex can now be called from Julia. Is there a way to expose a C API of some sort or compile to C like Futhark so that Dex can be used with FFI in other languages?

[oxinabox]

(Not yet from Julia, PR is still open)

There is a C API.
That is what the Julia PR is using and what Python is using.

[general-rishkin]

Excellent. Could you possibly point me to it. I cannot find it.

[oxinabox]

https://github.com/google-research/dex-lang/blob/main/src/Dex/Foreign/API.hs

[general-rishkin]

Thanks.

[apaszke]

Also if you find yourself wishing for more functions, let us know. The C API is very preliminary and also not very stable, but should be good enough for prototype integrations.