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Zig C interoperability skill. Use when calling C from Zig, calling Zig from C, using @cImport and @cInclude, running translate-c on C headers, defining extern structs and packed structs, matching C ABI types, or building mixed C/Zig projects. Activates on queries about @cImport, @cInclude, translate-c, extern struct, packed struct, Zig C ABI, calling C from Zig, exporting Zig to C, or bindgen equivalents.
npx skill4agent add mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills zig-cinterop@cImport@cIncludetranslate-cextern structpacked structzig ccconst c = @cImport({
@cInclude("stdio.h");
@cInclude("string.h");
@cInclude("mylib.h");
@cDefine("MY_FEATURE", "1"); // Equivalent to -DMY_FEATURE=1
@cUndef("SOME_MACRO");
});
pub fn main() void {
_ = c.printf("Hello from C: %d\n", @as(c_int, 42));
var buf: [256]u8 = undefined;
_ = c.snprintf(&buf, buf.len, "formatted: %d", @as(c_int, 100));
}build.zigexe.linkLibC(); // Required when using C functions
exe.addIncludePath(b.path("include/"));translate-c# Translate a header file
zig translate-c /usr/include/stdio.h > stdio.zig
# Translate with defines/includes
zig translate-c -I include/ -DFEATURE=1 mylib.h > mylib.zig
# Translate and inspect specific types
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// Passing strings to C
const str = "hello";
_ = c.puts(str); // Zig string literals are [*:0]const u8
// Dynamic strings — need null terminator
var buf: [64:0]u8 = undefined;
const len = std.fmt.bufPrint(buf[0..63], "hello {d}", .{42}) catch unreachable;
buf[len] = 0;
_ = c.puts(&buf);extern struct// Matches: struct Point { int x; int y; };
const Point = extern struct {
x: c_int,
y: c_int,
};
// Matches: struct Header { uint32_t magic; uint16_t version; uint16_t flags; };
const Header = extern struct {
magic: u32,
version: u16,
flags: u16,
};
// Use with C API
var p = Point{ .x = 10, .y = 20 };
_ = c.draw_point(&p);// Matches C bitfield: struct { uint8_t flags : 4; uint8_t type : 4; };
const Flags = packed struct(u8) {
mode: u4,
kind: u4,
};
// Packed struct for wire protocols
const IpHeader = packed struct(u32) {
ihl: u4,
version: u4,
tos: u8,
total_length: u16,
};
var h: IpHeader = @bitCast(@as(u32, raw_bytes));// Export a function callable from C
export fn zig_add(a: c_int, b: c_int) c_int {
return a + b;
}
// Export with specific calling convention
pub fn my_func(x: u32) callconv(.C) u32 {
return x * 2;
}
// Export a struct (use extern struct for C layout)
export const VERSION: c_int = 42;/* mylib.h */
#ifndef MYLIB_H
#define MYLIB_H
#include <stdint.h>
int zig_add(int a, int b);
uint32_t my_func(uint32_t x);
extern int VERSION;
#endif// Build Zig as a C-compatible static library
const lib = b.addStaticLibrary(.{
.name = "myzig",
.root_source_file = b.path("src/lib.zig"),
.target = target,
.optimize = optimize,
});
// The C code that uses the Zig library
const c_exe = b.addExecutable(.{
.name = "c_consumer",
.target = target,
.optimize = optimize,
});
c_exe.addCSourceFile(.{
.file = b.path("src/main.c"),
.flags = &.{"-std=c11"},
});
c_exe.linkLibrary(lib);
c_exe.linkLibC();
b.installArtifact(c_exe);// Forward-declared C struct (opaque)
const FILE = opaque {};
extern fn fopen(path: [*:0]const u8, mode: [*:0]const u8) ?*FILE;
extern fn fclose(file: *FILE) c_int;
extern fn fprintf(file: *FILE, fmt: [*:0]const u8, ...) c_int;
// Opaque handle pattern
const MyHandle = opaque {};
extern fn lib_create() ?*MyHandle;
extern fn lib_destroy(h: *MyHandle) void;// Call variadic C functions using @call with variadic args
const c = @cImport(@cInclude("stdio.h"));
// printf works directly through @cImport
_ = c.printf("value: %d\n", @as(c_int, 42));
// For custom variadic C functions, use extern with ...
extern fn my_log(level: c_int, fmt: [*:0]const u8, ...) void;skills/zig/zig-compilerzig ccskills/zig/zig-build-systembuild.zigskills/binaries/elf-inspectionskills/rust/rust-ffi