Impressing confused Python users with magical diagnostics is perhaps
worth this not-grossly-unreasonable (only 40ish lines) extra complexity
in the parser?
Thanks to Vadim Petrochenkov for guidance.
This resolves#46836.
Expand macros in `extern {}` blocks
This permits macro and proc-macro and attribute invocations (the latter only with the `proc_macro` feature of course) in `extern {}` blocks, gated behind a new `macros_in_extern` feature.
A tracking issue is now open at #49476closes#48747
Expand Attributes on Statements and Expressions
This enables attribute-macro expansion on statements and expressions while retaining the `stmt_expr_attributes` feature requirement for attributes on expressions.
closes#41475
cc #38356 @petrochenkov @jseyfried
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Fix escaped backslash in windows file not found message
When a module is declared, but no matching file exists, rustc gives
an error like `help: name the file either foo.rs or foo/mod.rs inside
the directory "src/bar"`. However, at on windows, the backslash was
double-escaped when naming the directory.
It did this because the string was printed in debug mode (`"{:?}"`) to
surround it with quotes. However, it should just be printed like any
other directory in an error message and surrounded by escaped quotes,
rather than relying on the debug print to add quotes (`"\"{}\""`).
I also checked the test suite to see if this output is being correctly tested. It's not - it only tests up to the word "directory". Presumably this is so that the test is not dependent on its exact position in the source tree. I don't know a better way to test this, unless the test suite supports regex?
When a module is declared, but no matching file exists, rustc gives
an error like 'help: name the file either foo.rs or foo/mod.rs inside
the directory "src/bar"'. However, at on windows, the backslash was
double-escaped when naming the directory.
It did this because the string was printed in debug mode ( "{:?}" ) to
surround it with quotes. However, it should just be printed like any
other directory in an error message and surrounded by escaped quotes,
rather than relying on the debug print to add quotes ( "\"{}\"" ).
libsyntax: Remove obsolete.rs
This little piece of infra is obsolete (ha-ha) and is unlikely to be used in the future, even if new obsolete syntax appears.
They are disallowed because they have different precedence than
expressions. I assume parenthesis in pattern will be soon stabilized and
thus write that as suggestion directly.
Simon Sapin