codespan-derive

Derive macro for ergonomically creating a Diagnostic from an error macro

Usage

1. Add #[derive(IntoDiagnostic)] onto your error macro type.
2. Add a #[file_id(Type)] to signal what the FileId generic type of the Diagnostic will be.
3. Tag every variant with a #[message = ""] signalling what the error message should read.
4. Span-like values that implement IntoLabel can be tagged with #[primary] or #[secondary] to be marked in the generated error, with an optional message like #[primary = ""].

#[derive(IntoDiagnostic)]
#[file_id(SomeFileIdType)]
enum Error {
  #[message = "Compiler found the number `{0}` is too large"]
  NumberTooLarge(usize),

  #[message = "Cannot parse string {string}"]
  BadString {
    string: String,
    #[primary = "The bad string appears here"]
    span: Span,
  },
}

Then handle it somewhere like:

if let Some(err) = result {
  // IntoDiagnostic derived from macro
  let diagnostic = err.into_diagnostic();

  // Basic codespan-diagnostic printing to terminal
  let writer = StandardStream::stderr(ColorChoice::Always);
  let config = codespan_reporting::term::Config::default();
  term::emit(&mut writer.lock(), &config, &files, &diagnostic)?;
}