## RON extensions RON has extensions that can be enabled by adding the following attribute at the top of your RON document: `#![enable(...)]` # unwrap_newtypes You can add this extension by adding the following attribute at the top of your RON document: `#![enable(unwrap_newtypes)]` This feature enables RON to automatically unwrap simple tuples. ```rust struct NewType(u32); struct Object { pub new_type: NewType, } ``` Without `unwrap_newtypes`, because the value `5` can not be saved into `NewType(u32)`, your RON document would look like this: ```ron ( new_type: (5), ) ``` With the `unwrap_newtypes` extension, this coercion is done automatically. So `5` will be interpreted as `(5)`. ```ron #![enable(unwrap_newtypes)] ( new_type: 5, ) ``` # implicit_some You can add this extension by adding the following attribute at the top of your RON document: `#![enable(implicit_some)]` This feature enables RON to automatically convert any value to `Some(value)` if the deserialized type requires it. ```rust struct Object { pub value: Option, } ``` Without this feature, you would have to write this RON document. ```ron ( value: Some(5), ) ``` Enabling the feature would automatically infer `Some(x)` if `x` is given. In this case, RON automatically casts this `5` into a `Some(5)`. ```ron ( value: 5, ) ``` With this extension enabled, explicitly given `None` and `Some(..)` will be matched eagerly on `Option>>`, i.e. * `5` -> `Some(Some(Some(5)))` * `None` -> `None` * `Some(5)` -> `Some(Some(Some(5)))` * `Some(None)` -> `Some(None)` * `Some(Some(5))` -> `Some(Some(Some(5)))` * `Some(Some(None))` -> `Some(Some(None))` * `Some(Some(Some(5)))` -> `Some(Some(Some(5)))` # unwrap_variant_newtypes You can add this extension by adding the following attribute at the top of your RON document: `#![enable(unwrap_variant_newtypes)]` This feature enables RON to automatically unwrap newtype enum variants. ```rust #[derive(Deserialize)] struct Inner { pub a: u8, pub b: bool, } #[derive(Deserialize)] pub enum Enum { A(Inner), B, } ``` Without `unwrap_variant_newtypes`, your RON document would look like this: ```ron ( variant: A(Inner(a: 4, b: true)), ) ``` With the `unwrap_variant_newtypes` extension, the first structural layer inside a newtype variant will be unwrapped automatically: ```ron #![enable(unwrap_newtypes)] ( variant: A(a: 4, b: true), ) ``` Note that when the `unwrap_variant_newtypes` extension is enabled, the first layer inside a newtype variant will **always** be unwrapped, i.e. it is no longer possible to write `A(Inner(a: 4, b: true))` or `A((a: 4, b: true))`. # explicit_struct_names During serialization, this extension emits struct names. For instance, this would be emitted: ```ron Foo( bar: Bar(42), ) ``` During deserialization, this extension requires that all structs have names attached to them. For example, the following deserializes perfectly fine: ```ron Foo( bar: Bar(42), ) ``` However, with the `explicit_struct_names` extension enabled, the following will throw an `ExpectedStructName` error: ```ron ( bar: Bar(42), ) ``` Similarly, the following will throw the same error: ```ron Foo( bar: (42), ) ``` Note that if what you are parsing is spread across many files, you would likely use `Options::with_default_extension` to enable `Extensions::EXPLICIT_STRUCT_NAMES` before the parsing stage. This is because prepending `#![enable(explicit_struct_names)]` to the contents of every file you parse would violate DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself). Here is an example of how to enable `explicit_struct_names` using this method: ```rust use ron::extensions::Extensions; use ron::options::Options; // Setup the options let options = Options::default().with_default_extension(Extensions::EXPLICIT_STRUCT_NAMES); // Retrieve the contents of the file let file_contents: &str = /* ... */; // Parse the file's contents let foo: Foo = options.from_str(file_contents)?; ```