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# squote
A string backed implementation of the popular [`quote`](https://github.com/dtolnay/quote) crate.
## This crate vs. quote
When in doubt always prefer using `quote`. This crate was created because for very large code generation, quote can be slow when compared to simple string concatenation. If you're code generation never uses incoming TokenStreams (i.e., from a macro of some sort), then you might see some performance gain using this crate.
There is [active work](https://github.com/dtolnay/quote/pull/162) to see if the performance gains from this crate can be merged into the `quote` crate in which case this crate would be deprecated.
## Usage
```rust
use proc_macro::TokenStream;
use squote::quote;
#[proc_macro]
pub fn my_macro(stream: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
let tokens = quote! {
impl<'a, T: ToTokens> ToTokens for &'a T {
fn to_tokens(&self, tokens: &mut TokenStream) {
(**self).to_tokens(tokens)
}
}
};
s.parse::<TokenStream>().unwrap()
}
```