duplicate

Attribute macro for code duplication with substitution.

Motivation

If you find yourself in need of copying a block of code and then making some small changes to fit the new use case, this crate is for you.

The duplicate attribute macro will duplicate an item any number of times while inserting custom code in the designated places in each duplicate.

For an in-depth explanation of the syntax and features, see the documentation.

Example

use duplicate::duplicate;

/// Trait we want to implement for u8, u16, and u32
trait IsMax {
  /// Returns true if self is its maximum possible value.
  fn is_max(&self) -> bool;
}

#[duplicate(
  int_type  [ u8 ]  [ u16 ]    [ u32 ]
  max_value [ 255 ] [ 65_535 ] [ 4_294_967_295 ]
)]
impl IsMax for int_type {
  fn is_max(&self) -> bool {
    *self == max_value
  }
}

assert!(!42u8.is_max());
assert!(!42u16.is_max());
assert!(!42u32.is_max());

Expands to:

use duplicate::duplicate;

/// Trait we want to implement for u8, u16, and u32
trait IsMax {
  /// Returns true if self is its maximum possible value.
  fn is_max(&self) -> bool;
}

impl IsMax for u8 {
  fn is_max(&self) -> bool {
    *self == 255
  }
}
impl IsMax for u16 {
  fn is_max(&self) -> bool {
    *self == 65_535
  }
}
impl IsMax for u32 {
  fn is_max(&self) -> bool {
    *self == 4_294_967_295
  }
}

assert!(!42u8.is_max());
assert!(!42u16.is_max());
assert!(!42u32.is_max());

Changelog

Added

• Crate readme now includes list of changes when published to crates.io.

License