da-x / prustle-rs

Prustle - Python-like Standard Library for Rust

prustle (Python-like Standard Library)

This Rust crate is a (very, very!) partial implementation of the Python Standard Library using Rust primitives.

Its main purpose is to allow an easy migration path for Python programmers, providing them with similar function names and APIs that they are used to.

Also, by giving Python programmers a clue about how the Python Standard Library APIs can be implemented in Rust, helpful experience about the language can further the transition into the native use of the language, further the transition to Rust programming.

Examples

• Python's os.name() provided as prustle::os::uname() (implemented using the uname crate).
• Python's os.makedirs() provided as prustle::os::makedirs() (implemented using std::fs::create_dir_all)
• Python's dynamic cast to bool value is implemented using Boolable trait.

TODO

• os.listdir
• ... many other commonly used APIs.

Contribution

Any help or assistance in extending this package is welcome.

I don't assume that this will grow into a huge project, but occasionally I intend to extend this project when I find APIs easy enough to implement. Not everything maps one-to-one, but it's alright that it does not.

prustle-rs's Issues

Think about what to leave out

Since e.g. os.path and shutils are superseeded by pathlib in python.

And pathlib is basically already part of rust via std::path