# Writing Pythonic Rust

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**Created:** [26 May 2021 20:54 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/writing-pythonic-rust/9936 "2021-05-26T20:54:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [26 May 2021 20:54 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/writing-pythonic-rust/9936/1 "2021-05-26T20:54:29Z")

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> Over the past several weeks I have been attempting to reimplement the API of an existing python library as a wrapper for an equivalent library in Rust.
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> tl;dr: this ended up being much harder than I expected it to be, partly because of important differences in the behaviour of the two languages, and partly because of the (self-imposed) obligation to match an existing (idiomatic) python API.

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> **[Writing Pythonic Rust](http://www.cmyr.net/blog/rust-python-learnings.html)**
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> Over the past several weeks I have been attempting to reimplementthe API of an existing python library as a wrapper for an equivalent library inRust.

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