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Re: [paho-dev] Paho MQTT Rust Language Library
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Thanks Frank.
If my Grandma were reviewing my code I imagine an experience similar to
that in a Christmas Carol.
I'll point to your message on Twitter to perhaps reach a wider audience.
Ian
On 20/12/2017 13:32, Frank Pagliughi wrote:
Hello All,
The Paho Rust Language library is now just about functionally
complete. With the addition of user-defined persistence this week, the
Rust library now has full coverage of the capabilities of the
underlying Paho C library for MQTT 3.x. It's still fairly messy, lacks
full error detection, and has an evolving API, but it is quickly
progressing towards a release candidate. I'm still on track to have an
initial release by February - and then on to MQTT v5 by June.
https://github.com/eclipse/paho.mqtt.rust/tree/incubator
I continue to be intrigued by the Rust language. The compiler
complains, moans, and nags you into writing better low-level code. It
simply doesn't allow you to get away with some of the sloppy code that
you get from C/C++.
It's like having Grandma doing your code reviews.
Frank
On 11/07/2017 09:07 AM, Frank Pagliughi wrote:
Hello Ian,
I found a number of MQTT libraries for Rust, but none seemed complete
or up-to-date. Strangely, while researching how to wrap C library
calls in Rust, I repeatedly found questions by people who were
attempting to wrap the Mosquitto API. So it seems that there is some
MQTT interest in the Rust crowd.
I've found Rust to be very intriguing. It's a compiled, typed
language, and overlaps the space where C and C++ would be used. A
primary feature is its concept of memory ownership and borrowing
whereby the compiler tracks references to memory distinguishing
between mutable and immutable variations - even across threads - to
prevents race conditions. The compiler tends to nag about these
things, like an overbearing grandmother, forcing you to promise
you'll never do bad things again. But in the end, when you grow up,
you know she's right.
I recommend people have a look at Rust. If nothing else, it will make
you reconsider the way you program C and C++.
Working with Rust has once again brought up the concept of
"const-ness" in the C library. If the library receives a buffer which
it will not change, it should mark the buffer as being "const" (as
const void* or const char*, etc). It has been moving in that
direction for a while now, but we should give a review to make sure
that it's consistent. I can help with that.
My intent was to knock out an initial, stable, version that worked
with the existing Paho 1.3, but I definitely intend follow it with
the MQTT v5 additions. If you're ready to get started, then perhaps
some of that work will happen in parallel.
Let's start to discuss work and schedules.
Frank
On 11/07/2017 06:32 AM, Ian Craggs wrote:
Hi Frank,
thanks, that's great progress! Were there any existing MQTT clients
for Rust?
Can you give an idea of when one might consider using the Rust
language - an alternative to C?
I intend to start working on updates to the C client for MQTT V5
soon, I don't know if you'd like to accommodate those changes at the
same time? I haven't formulated the API changes yet - I'll need to
do that first.
Ian
On 07/11/2017 05:08, Frank Pagliughi wrote:
Hey All,
I've started uploading some code for a new Paho Rust Language
library at:
https://github.com/eclipse/paho.mqtt.rust
The code is initially going into an "incubator" branch to indicate
that it is highly unstable and will be changing quickly over the
next few weeks. It's a wrapper around the Paho C library, and the
first version will target the Paho 1.3 release for MQTT v3.1 and
3.1.1.
It's very early days, but the library can connect (via TCP or
SSL/TLS), publish, subscribe, and disconnect cleanly using an
asynchronous interface. I'm currently developing on Linux x86_64,
but other platforms that are supported by Rust and Paho C should be
relatively straightforward. At this point, the library sorely lacks
error handling, documentation, and stability.
I'm hoping to stabilize the API by the end of the year and release
in early 2018.
I'm a relative newcomer to Rust (as, apparently, are 97% or Rust
users), so am hoping to get advice and guidance on the API from
others having more experience with the language. But I also hope to
keep it familiar to existing Paho users.
So far, I'm fairly impressed with Rust. It looks like an
interesting language for some MQTT programming. Fast and safe.
Frank Pagliughi
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