src/librustc/plugin/mod.rs

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//! Infrastructure for compiler plugins.
//!
//! Plugins are Rust libraries which extend the behavior of `rustc`
//! in various ways.
//!
//! Plugin authors will use the `Registry` type re-exported by
//! this module, along with its methods.  The rest of the module
//! is for use by `rustc` itself.
//!
//! To define a plugin, build a dylib crate with a
//! `#[plugin_registrar]` function:
//!
//! ```rust,ignore
//! #![crate_name = "myplugin"]
//! #![crate_type = "dylib"]
//! #![feature(plugin_registrar)]
//!
//! extern crate rustc;
//!
//! use rustc::plugin::Registry;
//!
//! #[plugin_registrar]
//! pub fn plugin_registrar(reg: &mut Registry) {
//!     reg.register_macro("mymacro", expand_mymacro);
//! }
//!
//! fn expand_mymacro(...) {  // details elided
//! ```
//!
//! WARNING: We currently don't check that the registrar function
//! has the appropriate type!
//!
//! To use a plugin while compiling another crate:
//!
//! ```rust
//! #![feature(plugin)]
//!
//! #[plugin]
//! extern crate myplugin;
//! ```
//!
//! If you don't need the plugin crate available at runtime, use
//! `#[no_link]` as well.
//!
//! See [the compiler plugin guide](../../guide-plugin.html)
//! for more examples.

pub use self::registry::Registry;

pub mod registry;
pub mod load;
pub mod build;