Abusing macro_rules! to parse XML

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I ran into issues trying to handle more complex cases (a descriptor for a single-part expression and/or the ability to match designators inside string literals would make it easier/possible to match arbitrary element attributes - currently, it complains that expr designators can't be followed by >)

Playground

macro_rules! xml {
    [<vec>$(<item>$value:ident</item>)*</vec>] => {
        vec![$(stringify!($value)),*];
    };
}

fn main() {
    let items = xml![
        <vec>
            <item>foo</item>
            <item>bar</item>
            <item>baz</item>
        </vec>
    ];
    println!("{:?}", items);
}