//! A trait that can provide the `Span` of the complete contents of a syntax //! tree node. //! //! *This module is available if Syn is built with both the `"parsing"` and //! `"printing"` features.* //! //!
//! //! # Example //! //! Suppose in a procedural macro we have a [`Type`] that we want to assert //! implements the [`Sync`] trait. Maybe this is the type of one of the fields //! of a struct for which we are deriving a trait implementation, and we need to //! be able to pass a reference to one of those fields across threads. //! //! [`Type`]: ../enum.Type.html //! [`Sync`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/marker/trait.Sync.html //! //! If the field type does *not* implement `Sync` as required, we want the //! compiler to report an error pointing out exactly which type it was. //! //! The following macro code takes a variable `ty` of type `Type` and produces a //! static assertion that `Sync` is implemented for that type. //! //! ``` //! # extern crate proc_macro; //! # //! use proc_macro::TokenStream; //! use proc_macro2::Span; //! use quote::quote_spanned; //! use syn::Type; //! use syn::spanned::Spanned; //! //! # const IGNORE_TOKENS: &str = stringify! { //! #[proc_macro_derive(MyMacro)] //! # }; //! pub fn my_macro(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream { //! # let ty = get_a_type(); //! /* ... */ //! //! let assert_sync = quote_spanned! {ty.span()=> //! struct _AssertSync where #ty: Sync; //! }; //! //! /* ... */ //! # input //! } //! # //! # fn get_a_type() -> Type { //! # unimplemented!() //! # } //! ``` //! //! By inserting this `assert_sync` fragment into the output code generated by //! our macro, the user's code will fail to compile if `ty` does not implement //! `Sync`. The errors they would see look like the following. //! //! ```text //! error[E0277]: the trait bound `*const i32: std::marker::Sync` is not satisfied //! --> src/main.rs:10:21 //! | //! 10 | bad_field: *const i32, //! | ^^^^^^^^^^ `*const i32` cannot be shared between threads safely //! ``` //! //! In this technique, using the `Type`'s span for the error message makes the //! error appear in the correct place underlining the right type. //! //!
//! //! # Limitations //! //! The underlying [`proc_macro::Span::join`] method is nightly-only. When //! called from within a procedural macro in a nightly compiler, `Spanned` will //! use `join` to produce the intended span. When not using a nightly compiler, //! only the span of the *first token* of the syntax tree node is returned. //! //! In the common case of wanting to use the joined span as the span of a //! `syn::Error`, consider instead using [`syn::Error::new_spanned`] which is //! able to span the error correctly under the complete syntax tree node without //! needing the unstable `join`. //! //! [`syn::Error::new_spanned`]: crate::Error::new_spanned use proc_macro2::Span; use quote::spanned::Spanned as ToTokens; /// A trait that can provide the `Span` of the complete contents of a syntax /// tree node. /// /// This trait is automatically implemented for all types that implement /// [`ToTokens`] from the `quote` crate, as well as for `Span` itself. /// /// [`ToTokens`]: quote::ToTokens /// /// See the [module documentation] for an example. /// /// [module documentation]: self /// /// *This trait is available if Syn is built with both the `"parsing"` and /// `"printing"` features.* pub trait Spanned { /// Returns a `Span` covering the complete contents of this syntax tree /// node, or [`Span::call_site()`] if this node is empty. /// /// [`Span::call_site()`]: proc_macro2::Span::call_site fn span(&self) -> Span; } impl Spanned for T { fn span(&self) -> Span { self.__span() } }