Macro conciliator::inline

macro_rules! inline {
    ($($item:expr),*) => { ... };
}

Concatenate Pushable types to become Inline as one

This macro takes any number of unambiguously Pushable values (Expressions to be precise) and returns a value that, when Inlined, pushes all the provided values into the buffer. Simply put, it concatenates all of its arguments into a single value that implements Inline.

For example:

let con = conciliator::init();
use conciliator::{Conciliator, inline};
con.status(inline!("Hello", ' ', "World", '!'));

Prints:

[ > ] Hello World!

Using it like this, it is only very slightly different to using format_args!, but crucially, it is very easy to adjust this example to color the word World with Color::Beta and to make both words bold:

let con = conciliator::init();
use conciliator::{Conciliator, inline, WrapBold as Bold};
con.status(inline!(Bold::Plain("Hello"), ' ', Bold::Beta("World"), '!'));

In this case, the inline! macro is just slightly more concise than appending to the status Line before printing it (by dropping it), but in other cases, like creating a List with a header, using this macro is significantly more ergonomic than the alternatives.

E.g.

let con = conciliator::init();
use conciliator::{List, inline, WrapBold::Plain as Bold};
List::headless(0..3)
    .with_count(inline!(Bold("bold"), " numbers"))
    .with_wrap(Bold)
    .print_to(&con);

Prints the list with a header like this:

[ > ] 3 bold numbers: