C++/Rust Interop: A Practical Guide to Bridging the Gap Between C++ and Rust

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Shows concrete bridges: implements manual bindings with C FFI (create/delete pair, opaque Rust type stored in C++ unique_ptr) and contrasts that with CXX code generation; wires Cargo and CMake via corrosion and uses build.rs plus libclang to generate bindings; resolves transitive C++ deps with Conan and produces working CMake install targets. Demonstrates repr(C) structs for fixed-size arrays, copy-cost observations on 4x4 matrices, and a repeatable build workflow that actually links and runs.

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1. 0:00C++/Rust interop intro
2. 2:29Manual interop basics
3. 9:58Domain types bridging
4. 19:21Manual interop summary
5. 21:07Rust in CMake builds
6. 32:56Calling C++ from Rust
7. 44:37Conclusion & tools
8. 45:42Q&A

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