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SubjectRe: [PATCH] rust: macros: add `paste!` proc macro
On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 7:12 PM Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net> wrote:
>
> This macro provides a flexible way to concatenated identifiers together
> and it allows the resulting identifier to be used to declare new items,
> which `concat_idents!` does not allow. It also allows identifiers to be
> transformed before concatenated.
>
> The `concat_idents!` example
>
> let x_1 = 42;
> let x_2 = concat_idents!(x, _1);
> assert!(x_1 == x_2);
>
> can be written with `paste!` macro like this:
>
> let x_1 = 42;
> let x_2 = paste!([<x _1>]);
> assert!(x_1 == x_2);
>
> However `paste!` macro is more flexible because it can be used to create
> a new variable:
>
> let x_1 = 42;
> paste!(let [<x _2>] = [<x _1>];);
> assert!(x_1 == x_2);
>
> While this is not possible with `concat_idents!`.
>
> This macro is similar to the `paste!` crate [1], but this is a fresh
> implementation to avoid vendoring large amount of code directly. Also, I
> have augmented it to provide a way to specify span of the resulting
> token, allowing precise control.
>
> For example, this code is broken because the variable is declared inside
> the macro, so Rust macro hygiene rules prevents access from the outside:
>
> macro_rules! m {
> ($id: ident) => {
> // The resulting token has hygiene of the macro.
> paste!(let [<$id>] = 1;)
> }
> }
>
> m!(a);
> let _ = a;
>
> In this versionn of `paste!` macro I added a `span` modifier to allow
> this:
>
> macro_rules! m {
> ($id: ident) => {
> // The resulting token has hygiene of `$id`.
> paste!(let [<$id:span>] = 1;)
> }
> }
>
> m!(a);
> let _ = a;
>
> Link: http://docs.rs/paste/ [1]
> Signed-off-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>

Applied to `rust-next` with the SPDX license identifier added as
discussed and the typo fixed -- thanks everyone!

Cheers,
Miguel

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