Description
Code
macro_rules! {
() => {};
}
Current output
error: cannot find macro `macro_rules` in this scope
--> src/lib.rs:1:1
|
1 | macro_rules! {
| ^^^^^^^^^^^
|
note: maybe you have forgotten to define a name for this `macro_rules!`
--> src/lib.rs:1:1
|
1 | macro_rules! {
| ^^^^^^^^^^^
Desired output
error: missing name for `macro_rules!`
--> src/lib.rs:1:1
|
1 | macro_rules! {
| ^^^^^^^^^^^
|
note: maybe you have forgotten the name for this macro definition
--> src/lib.rs:1:1
|
1 | macro_rules! name_of_macro {
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Rationale and extra context
The error is confusing since it looks like some kind of import is needed to use macro_rules
.
While reading the note carefully could clear this up, it is not optimal since the wording of the note is IMO still a bit confusing (I couldn't directly map "name for this macro_rules!
" to "you forgot to give your macro a name"), especially since the error seems to state something completely different. Furthermore, the suggested fix is not optimal since you need to remember the syntax even if you understand the error. This could be easily fixed, though (see desired output).
I'm aware that the error itself might be harder to change if macro_rules!
could actually refer to a different macro in theory (?). In this case, I think adjusting the note similar to the suggestion should be sufficient.
Note: I ran into this since it is the snippet provided by rust analyzer for macro_rules!
. Since the snippet directly caused the error and I didn't have the correct syntax remembered, I needed a bit of time to find the fix.
Other cases
No response
Rust Version
rustc 1.79.0 (129f3b996 2024-06-10)
binary: rustc
commit-hash: 129f3b9964af4d4a709d1383930ade12dfe7c081
commit-date: 2024-06-10
host: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
release: 1.79.0
LLVM version: 18.1.7
Anything else?
No response