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/// Parse the input TokenStream of a macro, triggering a compile error if the
/// tokens fail to parse.
///
/// Refer to the [`parse` module] documentation for more details about parsing
/// in Syn.
///
/// [`parse` module]: mod@crate::parse
///
/// <br>
///
/// # Intended usage
///
/// This macro must be called from a function that returns
/// `proc_macro::TokenStream`. Usually this will be your proc macro entry point,
/// the function that has the #\[proc_macro\] / #\[proc_macro_derive\] /
/// #\[proc_macro_attribute\] attribute.
///
/// ```
/// # extern crate proc_macro;
/// #
/// use proc_macro::TokenStream;
/// use syn::{parse_macro_input, Result};
/// use syn::parse::{Parse, ParseStream};
///
/// struct MyMacroInput {
/// /* ... */
/// }
///
/// impl Parse for MyMacroInput {
/// fn parse(input: ParseStream) -> Result<Self> {
/// /* ... */
/// # Ok(MyMacroInput {})
/// }
/// }
///
/// # const IGNORE: &str = stringify! {
/// #[proc_macro]
/// # };
/// pub fn my_macro(tokens: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
/// let input = parse_macro_input!(tokens as MyMacroInput);
///
/// /* ... */
/// # TokenStream::new()
/// }
/// ```
///
/// <br>
///
/// # Usage with Parser
///
/// This macro can also be used with the [`Parser` trait] for types that have
/// multiple ways that they can be parsed.
///
/// [`Parser` trait]: crate::parse::Parser
///
/// ```
/// # extern crate proc_macro;
/// #
/// # use proc_macro::TokenStream;
/// # use syn::{parse_macro_input, Result};
/// # use syn::parse::ParseStream;
/// #
/// # struct MyMacroInput {}
/// #
/// impl MyMacroInput {
/// fn parse_alternate(input: ParseStream) -> Result<Self> {
/// /* ... */
/// # Ok(MyMacroInput {})
/// }
/// }
///
/// # const IGNORE: &str = stringify! {
/// #[proc_macro]
/// # };
/// pub fn my_macro(tokens: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
/// let input = parse_macro_input!(tokens with MyMacroInput::parse_alternate);
///
/// /* ... */
/// # TokenStream::new()
/// }
/// ```
///
/// <br>
///
/// # Expansion
///
/// `parse_macro_input!($variable as $Type)` expands to something like:
///
/// ```no_run
/// # extern crate proc_macro;
/// #
/// # macro_rules! doc_test {
/// # ($variable:ident as $Type:ty) => {
/// match syn::parse::<$Type>($variable) {
/// Ok(syntax_tree) => syntax_tree,
/// Err(err) => return proc_macro::TokenStream::from(err.to_compile_error()),
/// }
/// # };
/// # }
/// #
/// # fn test(input: proc_macro::TokenStream) -> proc_macro::TokenStream {
/// # let _ = doc_test!(input as syn::Ident);
/// # proc_macro::TokenStream::new()
/// # }
/// ```
#[macro_export]
#[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(all(feature = "parsing", feature = "proc-macro"))))]
macro_rules! parse_macro_input {
($tokenstream:ident as $ty:ty) => {
match $crate::parse::<$ty>($tokenstream) {
$crate::__private::Ok(data) => data,
$crate::__private::Err(err) => {
return $crate::__private::TokenStream::from(err.to_compile_error());
}
}
};
($tokenstream:ident with $parser:path) => {
match $crate::parse::Parser::parse($parser, $tokenstream) {
$crate::__private::Ok(data) => data,
$crate::__private::Err(err) => {
return $crate::__private::TokenStream::from(err.to_compile_error());
}
}
};
($tokenstream:ident) => {
$crate::parse_macro_input!($tokenstream as _)
};
}