A simple demonstration of making a Matlab mex function using Rust.
A mex function is nothing more than a specially named DLL that exports a special name: mexFunction. Rust's FFI makes this relatively straightforward.
Most mex functions will need to interact with Matlab's MX and MEX APIs to do anything useful. There's a build.rs for providing the link path to Matlab's libraries.
- automatically locate Matlab in
build.rs - automatically determine the mex extension. Perhaps use a call to Matlab's
mexextcommand.
The goal here was not to write something very general. These are the tools I used when putting this example together. It should be simple to adapt to other configurations.
- Rust 1.15 (stable)
- Matlab 2016b
- Windows 10 x64
- Visual Studio 2015
From the hello directory:
cargo build
cp .\target\debug\helloworld.dll .\target\debug\helloworld.mexw64
Alternatively, see the build.ps1 script in the scripts folder.
From the hello directory (after building):
matlab.exe -nodesktop -noFigureWindows -nosplash -logfile "log.txt" -r "cd target/debug; helloworld; quit;"
You should get something like:
MATLAB is running in headless mode. Figure windows will not be displayed.
To get started, type one of these: helpwin, helpdesk, or demo.
For product information, visit www.mathworks.com.
Hello World.