error: can't qualify macro invocation with `pub` --> $DIR/pub-item-macro.rs:10:5 | LL | pub priv_x!(); | ^^^ help: remove the visibility ... LL | pub_x!(); | -------- in this macro invocation | = help: try adjusting the macro to put `pub` inside the invocation = note: this error originates in the macro `pub_x` (in Nightly builds, run with -Z macro-backtrace for more info) error[E0603]: static `x` is private --> $DIR/pub-item-macro.rs:20:23 | LL | let y: u32 = foo::x; | ^ private static | note: the static `x` is defined here --> $DIR/pub-item-macro.rs:5:9 | LL | static x: u32 = 0; | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ... LL | pub_x!(); | -------- in this macro invocation = note: this error originates in the macro `priv_x` which comes from the expansion of the macro `pub_x` (in Nightly builds, run with -Z macro-backtrace for more info) error: aborting due to 2 previous errors For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0603`.