//! This library provides a convenient derive macro for the standard library's //! [`core::fmt::Display`] trait. //! //! [`core::fmt::Display`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/fmt/trait.Display.html //! //! ```toml //! [dependencies] //! displaydoc = "0.2" //! ``` //! //! *Compiler support: requires rustc 1.56+* //! //!
//! //! ## Example //! //! *Demonstration alongside the [`Error`][std::error::Error] derive macro from [`thiserror`](https://docs.rs/thiserror/1.0.25/thiserror/index.html), //! to propagate source locations from [`io::Error`][std::io::Error] with the `#[source]` attribute:* //! ```rust //! use std::io; //! use displaydoc::Display; //! use thiserror::Error; //! //! #[derive(Display, Error, Debug)] //! pub enum DataStoreError { //! /// data store disconnected //! Disconnect(#[source] io::Error), //! /// the data for key `{0}` is not available //! Redaction(String), //! /// invalid header (expected {expected:?}, found {found:?}) //! InvalidHeader { //! expected: String, //! found: String, //! }, //! /// unknown data store error //! Unknown, //! } //! //! let error = DataStoreError::Redaction("CLASSIFIED CONTENT".to_string()); //! assert!("the data for key `CLASSIFIED CONTENT` is not available" == &format!("{}", error)); //! ``` //! *Note that although [`io::Error`][std::io::Error] implements `Display`, we do not add it to the //! generated message for `DataStoreError::Disconnect`, since it is already made available via //! `#[source]`. See further context on avoiding duplication in error reports at the rust blog //! [here](https://github.com/yaahc/blog.rust-lang.org/blob/master/posts/inside-rust/2021-05-15-What-the-error-handling-project-group-is-working-towards.md#duplicate-information-issue).* //! //!
//! //! ## Details //! //! - A `fmt::Display` impl is generated for your enum if you provide //! a docstring comment on each variant as shown above in the example. The //! `Display` derive macro supports a shorthand for interpolating fields from //! the error: //! - `/// {var}` ⟶ `write!("{}", self.var)` //! - `/// {0}` ⟶ `write!("{}", self.0)` //! - `/// {var:?}` ⟶ `write!("{:?}", self.var)` //! - `/// {0:?}` ⟶ `write!("{:?}", self.0)` //! - This also works with structs and [generic types][crate::Display#generic-type-parameters]: //! ```rust //! # use displaydoc::Display; //! /// oh no, an error: {0} //! #[derive(Display)] //! pub struct Error(pub E); //! //! let error: Error<&str> = Error("muahaha i am an error"); //! assert!("oh no, an error: muahaha i am an error" == &format!("{}", error)); //! ``` //! //! - Two optional attributes can be added to your types next to the derive: //! //! - `#[ignore_extra_doc_attributes]` makes the macro ignore any doc //! comment attributes (or `///` lines) after the first. Multi-line //! comments using `///` are otherwise treated as an error, so use this //! attribute or consider switching to block doc comments (`/** */`). //! //! - `#[prefix_enum_doc_attributes]` combines the doc comment message on //! your enum itself with the messages for each variant, in the format //! “enum: variant”. When added to an enum, the doc comment on the enum //! becomes mandatory. When added to any other type, it has no effect. //! //! - In case you want to have an independent doc comment, the //! `#[displaydoc("...")` atrribute may be used on the variant or struct to //! override it. //! //!
//! //! ## FAQ //! //! 1. **Is this crate `no_std` compatible?** //! * Yes! This crate implements the [`core::fmt::Display`] trait, not the [`std::fmt::Display`] trait, so it should work in `std` and `no_std` environments. Just add `default-features = false`. //! //! 2. **Does this crate work with `Path` and `PathBuf` via the `Display` trait?** //! * Yuuup. This crate uses @dtolnay's [autoref specialization technique](https://github.com/dtolnay/case-studies/blob/master/autoref-specialization/README.md) to add a special trait for types to get the display impl. It then specializes for `Path` and `PathBuf`, and when either of these types are found, it calls `self.display()` to get a `std::path::Display<'_>` type which can be used with the `Display` format specifier! #![doc(html_root_url = "https://docs.rs/displaydoc/0.2.3")] #![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg))] #![warn( rust_2018_idioms, unreachable_pub, bad_style, dead_code, improper_ctypes, non_shorthand_field_patterns, no_mangle_generic_items, overflowing_literals, path_statements, patterns_in_fns_without_body, private_in_public, unconditional_recursion, unused, unused_allocation, unused_comparisons, unused_parens, while_true )] #![allow(clippy::try_err)] #[allow(unused_extern_crates)] extern crate proc_macro; mod attr; mod expand; mod fmt; use proc_macro::TokenStream; use syn::{parse_macro_input, DeriveInput}; /// [Custom `#[derive(...)]` macro](https://doc.rust-lang.org/edition-guide/rust-2018/macros/custom-derive.html) /// for implementing [`fmt::Display`][core::fmt::Display] via doc comment attributes. /// /// ### Generic Type Parameters /// /// Type parameters to an enum or struct using this macro should *not* need to /// have an explicit `Display` constraint at the struct or enum definition /// site. A `Display` implementation for the `derive`d struct or enum is /// generated assuming each type parameter implements `Display`, but that should /// be possible without adding the constraint to the struct definition itself: /// ```rust /// use displaydoc::Display; /// /// /// oh no, an error: {0} /// #[derive(Display)] /// pub struct Error(pub E); /// /// // No need to require `E: Display`, since `displaydoc::Display` adds that implicitly. /// fn generate_error(e: E) -> Error { Error(e) } /// /// assert!("oh no, an error: muahaha" == &format!("{}", generate_error("muahaha"))); /// ``` /// /// ### Using [`Debug`][core::fmt::Debug] Implementations with Type Parameters /// However, if a type parameter must instead be constrained with the /// [`Debug`][core::fmt::Debug] trait so that some field may be printed with /// `{:?}`, that constraint must currently still also be specified redundantly /// at the struct or enum definition site. If a struct or enum field is being /// formatted with `{:?}` via [`displaydoc`][crate], and a generic type /// parameter must implement `Debug` to do that, then that struct or enum /// definition will need to propagate the `Debug` constraint to every type /// parameter it's instantiated with: /// ```rust /// use core::fmt::Debug; /// use displaydoc::Display; /// /// /// oh no, an error: {0:?} /// #[derive(Display)] /// pub struct Error(pub E); /// /// // `E: Debug` now has to propagate to callers. /// fn generate_error(e: E) -> Error { Error(e) } /// /// assert!("oh no, an error: \"cool\"" == &format!("{}", generate_error("cool"))); /// /// // Try this with a struct that doesn't impl `Display` at all, unlike `str`. /// #[derive(Debug)] /// pub struct Oh; /// assert!("oh no, an error: Oh" == &format!("{}", generate_error(Oh))); /// ``` #[proc_macro_derive( Display, attributes(ignore_extra_doc_attributes, prefix_enum_doc_attributes, displaydoc) )] pub fn derive_error(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream { let input = parse_macro_input!(input as DeriveInput); expand::derive(&input) .unwrap_or_else(|err| err.to_compile_error()) .into() }