How to call an associated function using syn when I have the Type?

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Hi all,

I'm trying to create a derive that will call an associated function for a type that satisfies a trait that I have written. I.e. I'm doing something like:

quote!{
  let x = #ty::new();
}

This works as long as the type is not generic, but when the type is generic it expands into something like Option<bool>::new(), where what I want is Option::<bool>::new(). I think what I need is something like a path or a turbofish, but I can't see how to generate this from a Type, which is all I have.

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quote! {
    let x = <#ty>::new();
}
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Thanks, that does it!

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Additionally, you can use <#ty as Trait>::method() to call “trait associated function”( I’m not sure of the terminology )

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Oh, that sounds even better, as I bet it would give better error messages for users of my derive when the type doesn't implement the trait.

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