src/libproc_macro/lib.rs

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//! # Proc_Macro
//!
//! A library for procedural macro writers.
//!
//! ## Usage
//! This package provides the `qquote!` macro for syntax creation, and the prelude
//! (at libproc_macro::prelude) provides a number of operations:
//! - `concat`, for concatenating two TokenStreams.
//! - `ident_eq`, for checking if two identifiers are equal regardless of syntax context.
//! - `str_to_token_ident`, for converting an `&str` into a Token.
//! - `keyword_to_token_delim`, for converting a `parse::token::keywords::Keyword` into a
//!    Token.
//! - `build_delimited`, for creating a new TokenStream from an existing one and a delimiter
//!    by wrapping the TokenStream in the delimiter.
//! - `build_bracket_delimited`, `build_brace_delimited`, and `build_paren_delimited`, for
//!    easing the above.
//! - `build_empty_args`, which returns a TokenStream containing `()`.
//! - `lex`, which takes an `&str` and returns the TokenStream it represents.
//!
//! The `qquote!` macro also imports `syntax::ext::proc_macro_shim::prelude::*`, so you
//! will need to `extern crate syntax` for usage. (This is a temporary solution until more
//! of the external API in libproc_macro is stabilized to support the token construction
//! operations that the qausiquoter relies on.) The shim file also provides additional
//! operations, such as `build_block_emitter` (as used in the `cond` example below).
//!
//! ## TokenStreams
//!
//! TokenStreams serve as the basis of the macro system. They are, in essence, vectors of
//! TokenTrees, where indexing treats delimited values as a single term. That is, the term
//! `even(a+c) && even(b)` will be indexibly encoded as `even | (a+c) | even | (b)` where,
//! in reality, `(a+c)` is actually a decorated pointer to `a | + | c`.
//!
//! If a user has a TokenStream that is a single, delimited value, they can use
//! `maybe_delimited` to destruct it and receive the internal vector as a new TokenStream
//! as:
//! ```
//! `(a+c)`.maybe_delimited() ~> Some(a | + | c)`
//! ```
//!
//! Check the TokenStream documentation for more information; the structure also provides
//! cheap concatenation and slicing.
//!
//! ## Quasiquotation
//!
//! The quasiquoter creates output that, when run, constructs the tokenstream specified as
//! input. For example, `qquote!(5 + 5)` will produce a program, that, when run, will
//! construct the TokenStream `5 | + | 5`.
//!
//! ### Unquoting
//!
//! Unquoting is currently done as `unquote`, and works by taking the single next
//! TokenTree in the TokenStream as the unquoted term. Ergonomically, `unquote(foo)` works
//! fine, but `unquote foo` is also supported.
//!
//! A simple example might be:
//!
//!```
//!fn double(tmp: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
//!    qquote!(unquote(tmp) * 2)
//!}
//!```
//!
//! ### Large Example: Implementing Scheme's `cond`
//!
//! Below is the full implementation of Scheme's `cond` operator.
//!
//! ```
//! fn cond_rec(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
//!   if input.is_empty() { return quote!(); }
//!
//!   let next = input.slice(0..1);
//!   let rest = input.slice_from(1..);
//!
//!   let clause : TokenStream = match next.maybe_delimited() {
//!     Some(ts) => ts,
//!     _ => panic!("Invalid input"),
//!   };
//!
//!   // clause is ([test]) [rhs]
//!   if clause.len() < 2 { panic!("Invalid macro usage in cond: {:?}", clause) }
//!
//!   let test: TokenStream = clause.slice(0..1);
//!   let rhs: TokenStream = clause.slice_from(1..);
//!
//!   if ident_eq(&test[0], str_to_ident("else")) || rest.is_empty() {
//!     quote!({unquote(rhs)})
//!   } else {
//!     quote!({if unquote(test) { unquote(rhs) } else { cond!(unquote(rest)) } })
//!   }
//! }
//! ```
//!

#![crate_name = "proc_macro"]
#![unstable(feature = "rustc_private", issue = "27812")]
#![feature(plugin_registrar)]
#![crate_type = "dylib"]
#![crate_type = "rlib"]
#![doc(html_logo_url = "https://www.rust-lang.org/logos/rust-logo-128x128-blk-v2.png",
       html_favicon_url = "https://doc.rust-lang.org/favicon.ico",
       html_root_url = "https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/")]
#![cfg_attr(not(stage0), deny(warnings))]

#![feature(staged_api)]
#![feature(rustc_diagnostic_macros)]
#![feature(rustc_private)]

extern crate rustc_plugin;
extern crate syntax;
extern crate syntax_pos;
#[macro_use] extern crate log;

mod qquote;
pub mod build;
pub mod parse;
pub mod prelude;
use qquote::qquote;

use rustc_plugin::Registry;

// ____________________________________________________________________________________________
// Main macro definition

#[plugin_registrar]
pub fn plugin_registrar(reg: &mut Registry) {
    reg.register_macro("qquote", qquote);
}