Try #1851:

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 ### Changed
 
+- [#1851](https://github.com/wasmerio/wasmer/pull/1851) Improve test suite and documentation of the Wasmer C API
 - [#1874](https://github.com/wasmerio/wasmer/pull/1874) Set `CompilerConfig` to be owned (following wasm-c-api)
 - [#1880](https://github.com/wasmerio/wasmer/pull/1880) Remove cmake dependency for tests
 

lib/c-api/src/wasm_c_api/engine.rs

@@ -79,15 +79,76 @@ pub struct wasm_config_t {
     compiler: wasmer_compiler_t,
 }
 
-/// Create a new Wasmer configuration.
+/// Create a new default Wasmer configuration.
+///
+/// # Example
+///
+/// ```rust
+/// # use inline_c::assert_c;
+/// # fn main() {
+/// #    (assert_c! {
+/// # #include "tests/wasmer_wasm.h"
+/// #
+/// int main() {
+///     // Create the configuration.
+///     wasm_config_t* config = wasm_config_new();
+///
+///     // Create the engine.
+///     wasm_engine_t* engine = wasm_engine_new_with_config(config);
+///
+///     // Check we have an engine!
+///     assert(engine);
+///
+///     // Free everything.
+///     wasm_engine_delete(engine);
+///
+///     return 0;
+/// }
+/// #    })
+/// #    .success();
+/// # }
+/// ```
 ///
 /// cbindgen:ignore
 #[no_mangle]
 pub extern "C" fn wasm_config_new() -> Box<wasm_config_t> {
     Box::new(wasm_config_t::default())
 }
 
-/// Configure the compiler to use.
+/// Updates the configuration to specify a particular compiler to use.
+///
+/// This is a Wasmer-specific function.
+///
+/// # Example
+///
+/// ```rust,no_run
+/// # use inline_c::assert_c;
+/// # fn main() {
+/// #    (assert_c! {
+/// # #include "tests/wasmer_wasm.h"
+/// #
+/// int main() {
+///     // Create the configuration.
+///     wasm_config_t* config = wasm_config_new();
+///
+///     // Use the Cranelift compiler.
+///     wasm_config_set_compiler(config, CRANELIFT);
+///
+///     // Create the engine.
+///     wasm_engine_t* engine = wasm_engine_new_with_config(config);
+///
+///     // Check we have an engine!
+///     assert(engine);
+///
+///     // Free everything.
+///     wasm_engine_delete(engine);
+///
+///     return 0;
+/// }
+/// #    })
+/// #    .success();
+/// # }
+/// ```
 #[cfg(feature = "compiler")]
 #[no_mangle]
 pub extern "C" fn wasm_config_set_compiler(
@@ -97,7 +158,40 @@ pub extern "C" fn wasm_config_set_compiler(
     config.compiler = compiler;
 }
 
-/// Configure the engine to use.
+/// Updates the configuration to specify a particular engine to use.
+///
+/// This is a Wasmer-specific function.
+///
+/// # Example
+///
+/// ```rust,no_run
+/// # use inline_c::assert_c;
+/// # fn main() {
+/// #    (assert_c! {
+/// # #include "tests/wasmer_wasm.h"
+/// #
+/// int main() {
+///     // Create the configuration.
+///     wasm_config_t* config = wasm_config_new();
+///
+///     // Use the JIT engine.
+///     wasm_config_set_engine(config, JIT);
+///
+///     // Create the engine.
+///     wasm_engine_t* engine = wasm_engine_new_with_config(config);
+///
+///     // Check we have an engine!
+///     assert(engine);
+///
+///     // Free everything.
+///     wasm_engine_delete(engine);
+///
+///     return 0;
+/// }
+/// #    })
+/// #    .success();
+/// # }
+/// ```
 #[no_mangle]
 pub extern "C" fn wasm_config_set_engine(config: &mut wasm_config_t, engine: wasmer_engine_t) {
     config.engine = engine;
@@ -132,33 +226,53 @@ fn get_default_compiler_config() -> Box<dyn CompilerConfig> {
 
 cfg_if! {
     if #[cfg(all(feature = "jit", feature = "compiler"))] {
+        /// Creates a new JIT engine with the default compiler.
+        ///
+        /// # Example
+        ///
+        /// See `wasm_engine_delete`.
+        ///
         /// cbindgen:ignore
         #[no_mangle]
         pub extern "C" fn wasm_engine_new() -> Box<wasm_engine_t> {
             let compiler_config: Box<dyn CompilerConfig> = get_default_compiler_config();
             let engine: Arc<dyn Engine + Send + Sync> = Arc::new(JIT::new(compiler_config).engine());
             Box::new(wasm_engine_t { inner: engine })
         }
-    }
-    else if #[cfg(feature = "jit")] {
-        // Headless JIT
+    } else if #[cfg(feature = "jit")] {
+        /// Creates a new headless JIT engine.
+        ///
+        /// # Example
+        ///
+        /// See `wasm_engine_delete`.
+        ///
         /// cbindgen:ignore
         #[no_mangle]
         pub extern "C" fn wasm_engine_new() -> Box<wasm_engine_t> {
             let engine: Arc<dyn Engine + Send + Sync> = Arc::new(JIT::headless().engine());
             Box::new(wasm_engine_t { inner: engine })
         }
-    }
-    else if #[cfg(all(feature = "native", feature = "compiler"))] {
+    } else if #[cfg(all(feature = "native", feature = "compiler"))] {
+        /// Creates a new native engine with the default compiler.
+        ///
+        /// # Example
+        ///
+        /// See `wasm_engine_delete`.
+        ///
         /// cbindgen:ignore
         #[no_mangle]
         pub extern "C" fn wasm_engine_new() -> Box<wasm_engine_t> {
             let mut compiler_config: Box<dyn CompilerConfig> = get_default_compiler_config();
             let engine: Arc<dyn Engine + Send + Sync> = Arc::new(Native::new(compiler_config).engine());
             Box::new(wasm_engine_t { inner: engine })
         }
-    }
-    else if #[cfg(feature = "native")] {
+    } else if #[cfg(feature = "native")] {
+        /// Creates a new headless native engine.
+        ///
+        /// # Example
+        ///
+        /// See `wasm_engine_delete`.
+        ///
         /// cbindgen:ignore
         #[no_mangle]
         pub extern "C" fn wasm_engine_new() -> Box<wasm_engine_t> {
@@ -169,26 +283,70 @@ cfg_if! {
     // There are currently no uses of the object-file engine + compiler from the C API.
     // So if we get here, we default to headless mode regardless of if `compiler` is enabled.
     else if #[cfg(feature = "object-file")] {
+        /// Creates a new headless object-file engine.
+        ///
+        /// # Example
+        ///
+        /// See `wasm_engine_delete`.
+        ///
         /// cbindgen:ignore
         #[no_mangle]
         pub extern "C" fn wasm_engine_new() -> Box<wasm_engine_t> {
             let engine: Arc<dyn Engine + Send + Sync> = Arc::new(ObjectFile::headless().engine());
             Box::new(wasm_engine_t { inner: engine })
         }
-    }
-    else {
+    } else {
+        /// Creates a new unknown engine, i.e. it will panic with an error message.
+        ///
+        /// # Example
+        ///
+        /// See `wasm_engine_delete`.
+        ///
         /// cbindgen:ignore
         #[no_mangle]
         pub extern "C" fn wasm_engine_new() -> Box<wasm_engine_t> {
-            unimplemented!("The JITEngine is not attached; You might want to recompile `wasmer_c_api` with `--feature jit`");
+            unimplemented!("No engine attached; You might want to recompile `wasmer_c_api` with for example `--feature jit`");
         }
     }
 }
 
+/// Deletes an engine.
+///
+/// # Example
+///
+/// ```rust
+/// # use inline_c::assert_c;
+/// # fn main() {
+/// #    (assert_c! {
+/// # #include "tests/wasmer_wasm.h"
+/// #
+/// int main() {
+///     // Create a default engine.
+///     wasm_engine_t* engine = wasm_engine_new();
+///
+///     // Check we have an engine!
+///     assert(engine);
+///
+///     // Free everything.
+///     wasm_engine_delete(engine);
+///
+///     return 0;
+/// }
+/// #    })
+/// #    .success();
+/// # }
+/// ```
+///
 /// cbindgen:ignore
 #[no_mangle]
 pub unsafe extern "C" fn wasm_engine_delete(_engine: Option<Box<wasm_engine_t>>) {}
 
+/// Creates an engine with a particular configuration.
+///
+/// # Example
+///
+/// See `wasm_config_new`.
+///
 /// cbindgen:ignore
 #[no_mangle]
 pub extern "C" fn wasm_engine_new_with_config(
@@ -305,3 +463,25 @@ pub extern "C" fn wasm_engine_new_with_config(
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use inline_c::assert_c;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_engine_new() {
+        (assert_c! {
+            #include "tests/wasmer_wasm.h"
+
+            int main() {
+                wasm_engine_t* engine = wasm_engine_new();
+                assert(engine);
+
+                wasm_engine_delete(engine);
+
+                return 0;
+            }
+        })
+        .success();
+    }
+}