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Add extra documentation around glue #7174

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33 changes: 33 additions & 0 deletions crates/glue/README.md
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# Glue

Glue is a bit of tooling built into Roc to help with platform development. Roc platforms are written in a different language than Roc, and some it requires some finesse to let other languages to read and write Roc types like records and unions in a way compatible with how Roc uses those types.

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The second sentence had a few typos. In the rewording below, I dropped the first "some" and added a "that's", which hopefully still has the meaning that you intended:

Roc platforms are written in a different language than Roc, and it requires some finesse to let other languages to read and write Roc types like records and unions in a way that's compatible with how Roc uses those types.

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You missed another typo :)
The second "to" in "to let other languages to read" should be dropped.


The `roc glue` command generates code in other languages for interacting with the Roc types used by your platform. It takes three arguments:

1. A 'glue spec', this is a Roc file specifying how to output type helpers fora particular language. You can find some examples in the src/ subdirectory:

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"fora" typo


- **RustGlue.roc:** Generates Roc bindings for rust platforms.
- **ZigGlue.roc:** Generates Roc bindings for zig platforms (out of date).
- **DescribeGlue.roc:** Does not generate Roc bindings, but outputs some information about the types that assist writing compatible types in other languages by hand.

2. A 'glue dir', specifying where glue should place generated files. Pass any directory you want here.

3. A .roc file exposing some types that glue should generate code for. You can extend the template below.


```roc
platform "glue-types"
requires {} { main : _ }
exposes []
packages {}
imports []
provides [mainForHost]

GlueTypes : {
a : SomeType,
b : AnotherType,
}

mainForHost : GlueTypes
mainForHost = main
```
13 changes: 13 additions & 0 deletions crates/glue/src/DescribeGlue.roc
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app [makeGlue] { pf: platform "../platform/main.roc" }

import pf.Types exposing [Types]
import pf.File exposing [File]

makeGlue : List Types -> Result (List File) Str
makeGlue = \types ->
Ok [
{
name: "types.txt",
content: List.map types Inspect.toStr |> Str.joinWith "\n",
},
]