Try clone'ing the field before skipping exporting a field getter

diff --git a/c-bindings-gen/src/main.rs b/c-bindings-gen/src/main.rs
index 42fd470da778207a5dcd039c56dc869e670b3c1d..fd32a1ca776610dd5813d7f6dc2fce41b6e5bb72 100644 (file)
--- a/c-bindings-gen/src/main.rs
+++ b/c-bindings-gen/src/main.rs
@@ -735,6 +735,25 @@ fn writeln_struct<'a, 'b, W: std::io::Write>(w: &mut W, s: &'a syn::ItemStruct,
                                                write!(w, "inner_val").unwrap();
                                                types.write_to_c_conversion_inline_suffix(w, &ref_type, Some(&gen_types), true);
                                                writeln!(w, "\n}}").unwrap();
+                                       } else {
+                                               // If the type isn't reference-able, but is clonable, export a getter that just clones
+                                               if types.understood_c_type(&$field.ty, Some(&gen_types)) {
+                                                       let mut v = Vec::new();
+                                                       types.write_c_type(&mut v, &$field.ty, Some(&gen_types), true);
+                                                       let s = String::from_utf8(v).unwrap();
+                                                       if types.is_clonable(&s) {
+                                                               writeln_arg_docs(w, &$field.attrs, "", types, Some(&gen_types), vec![].drain(..), Some(&$field.ty));
+                                                               writeln!(w, "///\n/// Returns a copy of the field.").unwrap();
+                                                               write!(w, "#[no_mangle]\npub extern \"C\" fn {}_get_{}(this_ptr: &{}) -> {}", struct_name, $new_name, struct_name, s).unwrap();
+                                                               write!(w, " {{\n\tlet mut inner_val = this_ptr.get_native_mut_ref().{}.clone();\n\t", $real_name).unwrap();
+                                                               let local_var = types.write_to_c_conversion_new_var(w, &format_ident!("inner_val"), &$field.ty, Some(&gen_types), true);
+                                                               if local_var { write!(w, "\n\t").unwrap(); }
+                                                               types.write_to_c_conversion_inline_prefix(w, &$field.ty, Some(&gen_types), true);
+                                                               write!(w, "inner_val").unwrap();
+                                                               types.write_to_c_conversion_inline_suffix(w, &$field.ty, Some(&gen_types), true);
+                                                               writeln!(w, "\n}}").unwrap();
+                                                       }
+                                               }
                                        }
                                }