# haxe-ui
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02/04/2021, 11:22 AMi could do this in rust for example by passing a compiler flag and installing a compiler target. - b
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02/04/2021, 11:22 AMyou cant... thats not how c++ works - b
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02/04/2021, 11:22 AMdunno how rust achieves that - u
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02/04/2021, 11:22 AMThe Rust compiler is able to compile C++ code for other platforms? - a
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02/04/2021, 11:23 AMwell it can compile rust to other platforms. still native tho - a
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02/04/2021, 11:24 AMand since we arent even talking about compiling specific, but generated c++ code to other platforms, haxe could theoretically generate c++ with platform specific functions for other OSes as well. i'd be suprised if clang couldnt cross compile c++ anyways - u
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02/04/2021, 11:25 AMWell, if you set up your own Cross-compilation toolchain you should be able to pass the generated C++ code through that - a
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02/04/2021, 11:25 AMwell my question was partially just if i would need to do anything so it can link to wxwidgets. - a
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02/04/2021, 11:26 AMand how i would need to change the generated Build.xml file for it to work. - a
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02/04/2021, 11:26 AM...or just generally how i would tell clang++ to cross compile through hxcpp - u
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02/04/2021, 11:27 AMMy personal experience is that setting up a cross-compilation toolchain between desktop OSes is a lot of pain (and doesn't work half the time) Simply setting up a VM is a lot simpler - a
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02/04/2021, 11:28 AM:/ - a
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02/04/2021, 11:28 AMwith rust it sorta just works - u
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02/04/2021, 11:28 AMHow do you test that the compiled code works? You still need access to the target system anyway - a
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02/04/2021, 11:28 AMinstall target, create linker config, build with compiler flag - b
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02/04/2021, 11:28 AMyeah, i mean, it would be an interesting thing to see if it works... but i have no exp. with it... and im not convinced hxcpp is going to spitout code that will be good enough (i could be totally wrong here) - a
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02/04/2021, 11:29 AMwell i either dont, or i run it with wine or something - u
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02/04/2021, 11:29 AMI would really avoid shipping untested executables - that never ends well in my experience - a
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02/04/2021, 11:30 AMive been doing that with CI/CD in one of my rust projects. that also just works - b
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02/04/2021, 11:31 AMi feel like compiling a windows wxWidgets app (outside of haxe) on macos is either a) impossible or b) inadvisable - a
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02/04/2021, 11:32 AMwell thats also not what i said 😄 - b
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02/04/2021, 11:32 AMthen maybe im misunderstanding, isnt that what you wanted to achieve? - a
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02/04/2021, 11:32 AMi meant compiling a win AND mac wxwidgets app on linux - b
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02/04/2021, 11:33 AMok, different way round, but thats what i meant - a
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02/04/2021, 11:33 AMim running linux, and i want my app to be usable on win and mac - a
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02/04/2021, 11:33 AMyeah 😄 - b
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02/04/2021, 11:33 AMi feel like compiling a windows/osx wxWidgets app (outside of haxe) on linux is either a) impossible or b) inadvisable - b
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02/04/2021, 11:33 AM😉 - a
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02/04/2021, 11:33 AMi see... - b
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02/04/2021, 11:34 AMi would lean towards impossible... wx (obviously) uses alot of native cpp libs