Steven Kalt · Mar 10, 2024

Parsing docker image references for fun and 0 profit

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The problem I wanted to parse docker-style container image references for a personal project I was writing in rust. Ideally, I’d use the authoritative parser, distribution/reference , which is written in Go. FFI between Go and rust is nontrivial; the examples I found involved a custom build.rs with C bindings , custom assembly , or embedding WASM into your binary. Rather than deal with any…

The problem

I wanted to parse docker-style container image references for a personal project I was writing in rust. Ideally, I’d use the authoritative parser, distribution/reference, which is written in Go. FFI between Go and rust is nontrivial; the examples I found involved a custom build.rs with C bindings, custom assembly, or embedding WASM into your binary. Rather than deal with any of those options, I decided to take the opportunity to have some fun and RiiR.

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