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Tired of copying C headers just to annotate them with π‘†π‘ŠπΌπΉπ‘‡_𝑁𝐴𝑀𝐸? There's a better way. Use YAML-based clang API notes to prettify your C method signatures and make them Swift-y while keeping your C libraries intact.

πŸ”—: https://christiantietze.de/posts/2026/01/use-clang-api-notes-annotate-c-header-swifty-module-imports/ by Christian Tietze (@ctietze)

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Use clang API notes to Annotate C Header Files for Swifty Module Imports

Doug Gregor shows how to use clang to import a C library with header files that you don’t own in a way that produces very ergonomic Swift APIs with annotations in YAML files.

Christian Tietze
Mar 3 at 8:14amBuffer