Crate named_return

Named Return

Declares a proc-macro that enables return types to be named.
Mostly re-defining structures from syn for parsing.

The macro also:

1. Declares the variables that were named as a prefix statement to the original function's body.
2. Requires that the return syntax is similar to the input parameter syntax.
   • Requires parentheses.

Example

#![feature(proc_macro_hygiene)]

named_return!(
fn f() -> (a: A, b: B) {
    a = A;
    b = B;
    (a, b)
});

assert_eq!(f(), (A, B));

Note

The intended syntax were to be used with a proc-macro-attr, such as:

#[named_return]
fn f() -> (a: A, b: B) {
    a = A;
    b = B;
    (a, b)
}

But it seems that Rust parses the original function syntax before executing the proc-macro-attr and so it refuses the invalid syntax.

This is a draft and is based on this suggestion: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/issues/2638

Macros

named_return

Changes the function syntax so that return values may be named.

Attribute Macros

named_return_attr

Does not works because the original function syntax is parsed before the proc-macro-attr.