Benjamin-Philip
Having trouble with Rustler returning :ok (Erlang error: :invalid_struct:)
I’m having some trouble just returning ok from rust. The following fails with an Erlang error: :invalid_struct:
mod atoms {
rustler::atoms! {
ok
}
}
#[rustler::nif]
pub fn backend_deallocate(array: ExAf) -> Atom {
let exaf_array = array.resource.value();
match exaf_array {
ExAfArray::U8(a) => drop(a),
ExAfArray::U16(a) => drop(a),
ExAfArray::U32(a) => drop(a),
ExAfArray::U64(a) => drop(a),
ExAfArray::S16(a) => drop(a),
ExAfArray::S32(a) => drop(a),
ExAfArray::S64(a) => drop(a),
ExAfArray::F16(a) => drop(a),
ExAfArray::F32(a) => drop(a),
ExAfArray::F64(a) => drop(a),
ExAfArray::C64(a) => drop(a),
ExAfArray::C128(a) => drop(a),
}
atoms::ok()
}
How can I return :ok (or any other atom) from Rust?
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Benjamin-Philip
Thanks for your reply @mindok!
It turns out the reason I was getting an Erlang Error: :invalid_struct error was because I was passing in an “invalid struct” (i.e. an incorrect input for my NIF) and not because of any issues with the rustler output.
Here’s what (in essence) worked for me:
#[rustler::nif]
pub fn ok() -> Atom {
atoms::ok()
}
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mindok
I don’t really understand what I’m doing with Rustler, but this recipe seems to work (for me):
#[rustler::nif]
pub fn backend_deallocate(array: ExAf) -> Result<Atom> {
...
return Ok(atoms::ok());
}
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SeokminHong
You can use rustler::types::atom module to use predefined atoms: nil, ok, error, true, and so on.
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