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This project doesn’t have that as a goal. In fact, it doesn’t even have “Rust to C compiler” as a goal. https://github.com/FractalFir/rustc_codegen_clr https://

This project doesn’t have that as a goal. In fact, it doesn’t even have “Rust to C compiler” as a goal. https://github.com/FractalFir/rustc_codegen_clr https://github.com/FractalFir/rustc_codegen_clr: “ The project aims to provide a way to easily use Rust libraries in .NET. It comes with a Rust/.NET interop layer, which allows you to easily interact with .NET code from Rust […] While .NET is the main focus of my work, this project can also be used to compile Rust to C, by setting the C_MODE enviroment flag to 1. This may seem like a strange and unrelated feature, but the project was written in such a way that this is not only possible, but relatively easy.” It also doesn’t mention for which version of C it produces code. That may or may not hinder attempts to use this to run rust on obscure platforms.

arka2147483647 2y ago
The article mentions ANSI-C at places. So seems like the old c standard is targeted.
FractalFir 2y ago
The README is slightly out of date, sorry. Supporting old platforms is one of the goals. Truth be told, the support for C was at first added as a proff-of-concept that a Rust to C compiler is possible. But it worked surprisingly well, so I just decided to roll with it, and see where it takes me. My policy in regards to C version is: I want to be as close to ANSI C as possible. So, I avoid modern C features as much as I can. I don't know if full compatibility is achievable, but I certainly hope so. Only time will tell. Some simpler pieces of Rust work just fine with ANSI C compilers, but more complex code breaks(eg. due to unsupported intrinsics). If I will be able to solve that(+ some potential soundness issues) then I'll be able to use ANSI C.