Name Description Size
diagnostic.rs 11112
dummy.rs Facility to emit dummy implementations (or whatever) in case an error happen. `compile_error!` does not abort a compilation right away. This means `rustc` doesn't just show you the error and abort, it carries on the compilation process looking for other errors to report. Let's consider an example: ```rust,ignore use proc_macro::TokenStream; use proc_macro_error2::*; trait MyTrait { fn do_thing(); } // this proc macro is supposed to generate MyTrait impl #[proc_macro_derive(MyTrait)] #[proc_macro_error] fn example(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream { // somewhere deep inside abort!(span, "something's wrong"); // this implementation will be generated if no error happened quote! { impl MyTrait for #name { fn do_thing() {/* whatever */} } } } // ================ // in main.rs // this derive triggers an error #[derive(MyTrait)] // first BOOM! struct Foo; fn main() { Foo::do_thing(); // second BOOM! } ``` The problem is: the generated token stream contains only `compile_error!` invocation, the impl was not generated. That means user will see two compilation errors: ```text 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` ``` But the second error is meaningless! We definitely need to fix this. Most used approach in cases like this is "dummy implementation" - omit `impl MyTrait for #name` and fill functions bodies with `unimplemented!()`. This is how you do it: ```rust,ignore use proc_macro::TokenStream; use proc_macro_error2::*; trait MyTrait { fn do_thing(); } // this proc macro is supposed to generate MyTrait impl #[proc_macro_derive(MyTrait)] #[proc_macro_error] fn example(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream { // first of all - we set a dummy impl which will be appended to // `compile_error!` invocations in case a trigger does happen set_dummy(quote! { impl MyTrait for #name { fn do_thing() { unimplemented!() } } }); // somewhere deep inside abort!(span, "something's wrong"); // this implementation will be generated if no error happened quote! { impl MyTrait for #name { fn do_thing() {/* whatever */} } } } // ================ // in main.rs // this derive triggers an error #[derive(MyTrait)] // first BOOM! struct Foo; fn main() { Foo::do_thing(); // no more errors! } ``` 4392
imp
lib.rs 19156
macros.rs 9076
sealed.rs 58