Defining Functions in Macros

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macro_rules! GeneratingFunctions{
    ($name:ident) => {
        fn read_$name() { // Function names are concatenated here, how to do?

        }
    };
}

GeneratingFunctions!(test);

fn main() {
    read_test();
}

| fn read_$name() { // Function names are concatenated here, how to do?
............ | ^ help: add a parameter list

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I have recently used paste - Rust for something similar and your usecase is in the examples so it should work pretty easily.

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The current test case fails to be compiled.

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It works like this.

use paste;

macro_rules! GeneratingFunctions{
    ($name:ident) => {
        paste::paste! (
            fn [<read_ $name>]() { // Function names are concatenated here, how to do?

            }
        );
    };
}

GeneratingFunctions!(test);

fn main() {
    read_test();
}
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Can I not use a third-party library?

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If you want to mix the name together i don't know any other way. You could of course always do it like this:

macro_rules! GeneratingFunctions{
    ($name:ident) => {
        fn $name() { // Function names are concatenated here, how to do?

        }
    };
}

GeneratingFunctions!(read_test);

fn main() {
    read_test();
}
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Making new identifiers can only be done with proc macros-- Declarative macros can only shuffle around identifiers that already exist either at the callsite or within the macro definition itself. If you want to avoid third-party libraries, you'll have to write this using the proc macro system.

A pattern I use a lot is to have the macro generate a module definition:

macro_rules! GeneratingFunctions{
    ($viz:vis $name:ident) => {
        $viz mod $name {
            pub fn read() { ... }
        }
    };
}

GeneratingFunctions!(test);

fn main() {
    test::read();
}
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if proc macros, how to do ?

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That's not part of Rust that I'm particularly familiar with, but there's a chapter in the book about how to write them and one in the reference with all the details.

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