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| an error happen.</p> |
| <p><code>compile_error!</code> does not abort a compilation right away. This means |
| <code>rustc</code> doesn’t just show you the error and abort, it carries on the |
| compilation process looking for other errors to report.</p> |
| <p>Let’s consider an example:</p> |
| |
| <div class="example-wrap ignore"><div class='tooltip'>ⓘ</div><pre class="rust rust-example-rendered"><code><span class="kw">use </span>proc_macro::TokenStream; |
| <span class="kw">use </span>proc_macro_error::<span class="kw-2">*</span>; |
| |
| <span class="kw">trait </span>MyTrait { |
| <span class="kw">fn </span>do_thing(); |
| } |
| |
| <span class="comment">// this proc macro is supposed to generate MyTrait impl |
| </span><span class="attribute">#[proc_macro_derive(MyTrait)] |
| #[proc_macro_error] |
| </span><span class="kw">fn </span>example(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream { |
| <span class="comment">// somewhere deep inside |
| </span><span class="macro">abort!</span>(span, <span class="string">"something's wrong"</span>); |
| |
| <span class="comment">// this implementation will be generated if no error happened |
| </span><span class="macro">quote! </span>{ |
| <span class="kw">impl </span>MyTrait <span class="kw">for </span>#name { |
| <span class="kw">fn </span>do_thing() {<span class="comment">/* whatever */</span>} |
| } |
| } |
| } |
| |
| <span class="comment">// ================ |
| // in main.rs |
| |
| // this derive triggers an error |
| </span><span class="attribute">#[derive(MyTrait)] </span><span class="comment">// first BOOM! |
| </span><span class="kw">struct </span>Foo; |
| |
| <span class="kw">fn </span>main() { |
| Foo::do_thing(); <span class="comment">// second BOOM! |
| </span>}</code></pre></div> |
| <p>The problem is: the generated token stream contains only <code>compile_error!</code> |
| invocation, the impl was not generated. That means user will see two compilation |
| errors:</p> |
| <div class="example-wrap"><pre class="language-text"><code>error: something's wrong |
| --> $DIR/probe.rs:9:10 |
| | |
| 9 |#[proc_macro_derive(MyTrait)] |
| | ^^^^^^^ |
| |
| error[E0599]: no function or associated item named `do_thing` found for type `Foo` in the current scope |
| --> src\main.rs:3:10 |
| | |
| 1 | struct Foo; |
| | ----------- function or associated item `do_thing` not found for this |
| 2 | fn main() { |
| 3 | Foo::do_thing(); // second BOOM! |
| | ^^^^^^^^ function or associated item not found in `Foo`</code></pre></div> |
| <p>But the second error is meaningless! We definitely need to fix this.</p> |
| <p>Most used approach in cases like this is “dummy implementation” - |
| omit <code>impl MyTrait for #name</code> and fill functions bodies with <code>unimplemented!()</code>.</p> |
| <p>This is how you do it:</p> |
| |
| <div class="example-wrap ignore"><div class='tooltip'>ⓘ</div><pre class="rust rust-example-rendered"><code><span class="kw">use </span>proc_macro::TokenStream; |
| <span class="kw">use </span>proc_macro_error::<span class="kw-2">*</span>; |
| |
| <span class="kw">trait </span>MyTrait { |
| <span class="kw">fn </span>do_thing(); |
| } |
| |
| <span class="comment">// this proc macro is supposed to generate MyTrait impl |
| </span><span class="attribute">#[proc_macro_derive(MyTrait)] |
| #[proc_macro_error] |
| </span><span class="kw">fn </span>example(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream { |
| <span class="comment">// first of all - we set a dummy impl which will be appended to |
| // `compile_error!` invocations in case a trigger does happen |
| </span>set_dummy(<span class="macro">quote! </span>{ |
| <span class="kw">impl </span>MyTrait <span class="kw">for </span>#name { |
| <span class="kw">fn </span>do_thing() { <span class="macro">unimplemented!</span>() } |
| } |
| }); |
| |
| <span class="comment">// somewhere deep inside |
| </span><span class="macro">abort!</span>(span, <span class="string">"something's wrong"</span>); |
| |
| <span class="comment">// this implementation will be generated if no error happened |
| </span><span class="macro">quote! </span>{ |
| <span class="kw">impl </span>MyTrait <span class="kw">for </span>#name { |
| <span class="kw">fn </span>do_thing() {<span class="comment">/* whatever */</span>} |
| } |
| } |
| } |
| |
| <span class="comment">// ================ |
| // in main.rs |
| |
| // this derive triggers an error |
| </span><span class="attribute">#[derive(MyTrait)] </span><span class="comment">// first BOOM! |
| </span><span class="kw">struct </span>Foo; |
| |
| <span class="kw">fn </span>main() { |
| Foo::do_thing(); <span class="comment">// no more errors! |
| </span>}</code></pre></div> |
| </div></details><h2 id="functions" class="small-section-header"><a href="#functions">Functions</a></h2><div class="item-table"><div class="item-row"><div class="item-left module-item"><a class="fn" href="fn.append_dummy.html" title="proc_macro_error::dummy::append_dummy fn">append_dummy</a></div><div class="item-right docblock-short">Same as <a href="fn.set_dummy.html" title="set_dummy"><code>set_dummy</code></a> but, instead of resetting, appends tokens to the |
| existing dummy (if any). Behaves as <code>set_dummy</code> if no dummy is present.</div></div><div class="item-row"><div class="item-left module-item"><a class="fn" href="fn.set_dummy.html" title="proc_macro_error::dummy::set_dummy fn">set_dummy</a></div><div class="item-right docblock-short">Sets dummy token stream which will be appended to <code>compile_error!(msg);...</code> |
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