5. Embedding and Integration

This section explains how to embed the daslang scripting language into a host application written in C++ or C (and, by extension, any language that can call C functions). It is organized from simple to advanced:

  • Quick Start — minimal host program, compilation, and evaluation

  • C++ API Reference — modules, function/type/enum bindings, cast infrastructure

  • C API Reference — the daslang/c_api/c_api.h header for C-only hosts and FFI

  • External Modules — building and distributing modules outside the main source tree, .das_module descriptors, find_package(DAS)

  • Project Files — .das_project files for custom module resolution and sandboxing

  • Advanced Topics — AOT compilation, standalone contexts, class adapters

For step-by-step walk-throughs with complete, compilable source code, see the C++ integration tutorials and C integration tutorials.