API

@cxx expr

Evaluate the given expression as C++ code, punning on Julia syntax to avoid needing to wrap the C++ code in a string, as in cxx"". The three basic features provided by @cxx are:

• Static function calls: @cxx mynamespace::func(args...)
• Member calls: @cxx m->foo(args...), where m is a CppPtr, CppRef, or CppValue
• Value references: @cxx foo

Unary * inside a call, e.g. @cxx foo(*(a)), is treated as a dereference of a on the C++ side. Further, prefixing any value by & takes the address of the given value.

cxx"C++ code"

Evaluate the given C++ code in the global scope. This can be used for declaring namespaces, classes, functions, global variables, etc. Unlike @cxx, cxx"" does not require punning on Julia syntax, which means, e.g., that unary * for pointers does not require parentheses.

icxx"C++ code"

Evaluate the given C++ code at the function scope. This should be used for calling C++ functions and performing computations.

cxxinclude([C::CxxInstance,] fname; isAngled=false)

Include the C++ file specified by fname. This should be used when the path of the included file needs to be assembled programmatically as a Julia string. In all other situations, it is avisable to just use cxx"#include ...", which makes the intent clear and has the same directory resolution logic as C++.

addHeaderDir([C::CxxInstance,] dirname; kind=C_User, isFramework=false)

Add a directory to the Clang #include path. The keyword argument kind specifies the kind of directory, and can be one of

• C_User (like passing -I when compiling)
• C_System (like -isystem)
• C_ExternCSystem (like -isystem, but wrap in extern "C")

The isFramework argument is the equivalent of passing the -F option to Clang.

defineMacro([C::CxxInstance,] name)

Define a C++ macro. Equivalent to cxx"#define $name".

__current_compiler__

An instance of the Clang compiler current in use.