https://blog.lukesalamone.com/tags/rust/ Recent content in Rust on Luke Salamone's Blog Hugo en-us Tue, 18 Jun 2024 16:21:35 -0700 https://blog.lukesalamone.com/posts/how-to-create-rust-python-bindings/ Tue, 18 Jun 2024 16:21:35 -0700 https://blog.lukesalamone.com/posts/how-to-create-rust-python-bindings/ <p>Rust is super fast. Python is super flexible. Porting slow python code to rust can make your life a lot easier, and it&rsquo;s not too difficult to set up.</p> <p>I will demonstrate rust bindings for summing the integers in a large text file containing a billion digits that looks like</p> <pre><code class="language-text">6,9,8,3,0,1,8,4,9,7,6,3,4,2,6,0,0,5,1,1, . . . ,4,5,9,3,3,2,8,3 </code></pre> <h2 id="general-steps">General steps</h2> <ol> <li><a href="../../posts/how-to-create-rust-python-bindings/#install-rust-and-maturin">install rust and maturin</a></li> <li><a href="../../posts/how-to-create-rust-python-bindings/#set-up-boilerplate">set up boilerplate</a></li> <li><a href="../../posts/how-to-create-rust-python-bindings/#add-your-function">add your function</a></li> <li><a href="../../posts/how-to-create-rust-python-bindings/#compile-and-import">compile and import</a></li> </ol> <h2 id="install-rust-and-maturin">Install Rust and Maturin</h2> <pre><code class="language-bash">curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh pip install maturin </code></pre> <p>See also <a href="https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install">install rust</a> and <a href="https://www.maturin.rs/installation">install maturin</a></p>