# 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 = ""]`.
```rust
#[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:
```rust
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)?;
}
```